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Originally Posted by Bs&Cs
This isn't even true.
The NWP was created in response to not just Riel's rebellions, but primarily the 1873 Cypress Hills massacre. They were basically a frontier militia trying to maintain order in the newly acquired Rupert's Land from American whiskey traders and hunters who's skirmishes with Indigenous groups were a threat to Canadian national security because they could be used as an pretext for an American invasion. Their initial mission was not to oppress Indigenous groups, they relied on first nations scouts for survival, and they fought like hell to keep alcohol out of the territories because of the destruction it wrought on both settler and Indigenous communities.
The idea they designed to look oppressive is nonsense.
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Been waiting for some Mounties to get in here and defend. Tsk tsk. Oppressive. The uniform is designed after this one:
We're talking about taking design leads from pretty much the ultimate example of imperial force in our history.