The Métis are mixed-race. Their fathers are descendents of the French Voyageurs and Coureurs de Bois who were the very first European traders and explorers in the region. Their mothers are the first peoples, Ojibwa, Cree, Assiniboine, Dakota, Blackfoot, and others. Together, they have formed a culture combining the technology and religion of Europe with the culture and traditions of the first nations.
The Métis have a strong history of trading, most likely as a result of their mercantile roots. They, like the first nations of the plains, live well off the titanic herds of buffalo- the Métis are famed in local lore for their skilled horseback hunting. Despite this, agriculture is growing ever-more common around the Red River heartlands of the Confederacy.
In recent history, the population of Métis settlements has begun to rise rapidly, as many Québecois settlers have fled persecution at the hands of the Anglophone settlers. The struggles of the Hudson's Bay Company due to war and instability have given the Métis a near- monopoly in the lucrative fur trade. This combination of rising population, economic advantage, and the encroaching threat of the British, Americans, and Louisianes were the catalysts for nationhood.
François Dubais, a man of Franco-Assiniboine birth and Québecois education, would be the one to do this. At the age of 26, he was chosen as the leader in the major community of Manitou Bah, which he ran with great success, transforming the settlement over the course of a little over a decade into a thriving trading city. Churches were built, a schoolhouse erected, and the population continued to thrive and grow.
However, Dubais came to realize that this situation could not continue indefinitely. The Louisianes were beginning to encroach from the south, and the British from the east. The French, for their part, either considered the Métis to be beneath their consideration or thought of their lands as French territory. The English considered them to be mere runaways from Québec. He had seen what became of those who were conquered by the colonials. He could not allow it to continue.
Thus, Dubais set out on a mission, traveling throughout Métis lands, with a message of unity and combined prosperity. This was met with general success, and where it didn't, shows of military force did. Once they had joined the Confederacy, each settlement would elect a representative to speak at Manitou Bah, from where the Confederacy is governed.
We've already gone over the fact that "Naive" doesn't describe the people themselves, it's just a word-level that indicates a relatively low education. It's really not that hard to figure out.
Thanks - that'll teach me to skip over the middles of paragraphs. 
how long is this thread going to get before update1!?!
