Pemmican Proclamation
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The Pemmican Proclamation was an 1814 decree in the Red River Colony that restricted the export of pemmican, intensifying tensions between the Hudson’s Bay Company, the North West Company, and local Métis communities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pemmican Proclamation canonical | 1 |
| Pemmican Proclamation of 1814 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6713049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pemmican Proclamation Context triple: [Red River Colony, significantEvent, Pemmican Proclamation]
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A.
Haldimand Proclamation
The Haldimand Proclamation was a 1784 British colonial decree granting the Mohawk and other Haudenosaunee allies land along the Grand River in what is now Ontario as compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Royal Proclamation of 1905
The Royal Proclamation of 1905 was the British imperial decree that implemented the controversial partition of Bengal, reshaping provincial boundaries in colonial India and provoking widespread political opposition.
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C.
Horse Creek Treaty
The Horse Creek Treaty was an 1851 agreement between the United States and several Plains Indian nations that aimed to establish territorial boundaries and ensure safe passage for settlers moving west.
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D.
Sanquhar Declaration
The Sanquhar Declaration was a 1680 Scottish Covenanter manifesto that publicly denounced the authority of King Charles II and affirmed radical Presbyterian resistance, becoming a key text of the Cameronian movement.
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E.
Putah Creek Accord
The Putah Creek Accord is a landmark environmental water management agreement that restored natural flows and improved habitat and fisheries in California’s Putah Creek through cooperative settlement among local agencies and stakeholders.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pemmican Proclamation Target entity description: The Pemmican Proclamation was an 1814 decree in the Red River Colony that restricted the export of pemmican, intensifying tensions between the Hudson’s Bay Company, the North West Company, and local Métis communities.
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A.
Haldimand Proclamation
The Haldimand Proclamation was a 1784 British colonial decree granting the Mohawk and other Haudenosaunee allies land along the Grand River in what is now Ontario as compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Royal Proclamation of 1905
The Royal Proclamation of 1905 was the British imperial decree that implemented the controversial partition of Bengal, reshaping provincial boundaries in colonial India and provoking widespread political opposition.
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C.
Horse Creek Treaty
The Horse Creek Treaty was an 1851 agreement between the United States and several Plains Indian nations that aimed to establish territorial boundaries and ensure safe passage for settlers moving west.
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D.
Sanquhar Declaration
The Sanquhar Declaration was a 1680 Scottish Covenanter manifesto that publicly denounced the authority of King Charles II and affirmed radical Presbyterian resistance, becoming a key text of the Cameronian movement.
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E.
Putah Creek Accord
The Putah Creek Accord is a landmark environmental water management agreement that restored natural flows and improved habitat and fisheries in California’s Putah Creek through cooperative settlement among local agencies and stakeholders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial decree
ⓘ
legal proclamation ⓘ |
| affects |
Métis buffalo-hunting economy
ⓘ
supply lines of North West Company ⓘ |
| aim | to secure food supplies for Red River settlers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hudson’s Bay Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson's Bay Company
Métis ⓘ North West Company ⓘ Red River settlers ⓘ |
| beneficiary | Hudson’s Bay Company settlers at Red River ⓘ |
| colonialPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| conflictContext | competition for control of western fur trade ⓘ |
| consequence |
escalation of the Pemmican War
ⓘ
increased violence in the Red River region ⓘ |
| country |
British North America
ⓘ
linked to:
British America
|
| date | 1814 ⓘ |
| effect |
disruption of Métis pemmican trade
ⓘ
heightened conflict with local Métis communities ⓘ intensified tensions between Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company ⓘ interference with North West Company provisioning system ⓘ |
| governorAtTime | Miles Macdonell ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key turning point in relations between Métis and Hudson’s Bay Company ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
Governor of the Red River Colony
ⓘ
Miles Macdonell ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Red River Colony ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | governor’s proclamation ⓘ |
| legalStatus | unpopular among Métis and North West Company employees ⓘ |
| motivation | fear of food shortages in Red River Colony ⓘ |
| namedAfter | pemmican ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Métis traders
ⓘ
North West Company ⓘ freemen (independent fur traders) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hudson’s Bay Company–North West Company conflict
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Seven Oaks
|
| place | Red River Colony ⓘ |
| region |
Rupert’s Land
ⓘ
linked to:
Rupert's Land
|
| relatedEvent |
Battle of Seven Oaks
ⓘ
Pemmican War ⓘ |
| restriction |
export of other foodstuffs from Red River Colony
ⓘ
export of pemmican ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Hudson’s Bay Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson's Bay Company
|
| subject |
export of provisions
ⓘ
pemmican trade ⓘ |
| topic |
colonial regulation of Indigenous economies
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fur trade rivalry in Western Canada ⓘ |
| typeOfRestriction | export ban ⓘ |
| year | 1814 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pemmican Proclamation Description of subject: The Pemmican Proclamation was an 1814 decree in the Red River Colony that restricted the export of pemmican, intensifying tensions between the Hudson’s Bay Company, the North West Company, and local Métis communities.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Pemmican Proclamation