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Feb 18, 2019 · Hero. Traitor. All of the above. It's complicated. One hundred and fifty years ago this year, Louis Riel took one small step for the Métis and created one giant, complicated leap for his legacy ...
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Jul 16, 2020 · Louis Riel, whose death was called a martyrdom, in a portrait sold by ‘La Presse’ following Riel’s execution on Nov. 16, 1885. The paper reported five days after the execution that it had ...
Nov 16, 2021 · Louis Riel (standing centre) addresses the court in Regina, listing the Metis grievances and outlining his vision for a diverse Canada, during his trial in 1885. (Courtesy of the National Archives ...
The North-West Rebellion and the trial of Louis Riel is best understood as the product of a particular place and time: the Canadian frontier, in a time when civilization and its institutions confronted the traditions of a more primitive people. The North-West Rebellion had its roots in an earlier crisis.
Louis Riel was the leader of the Métis people during the Red River Rebellion of 1869. The Métis, descendants of indigenous peoples and Europeans, fought against Canada's expansion into the ...
Feb 8, 2016 · Louis “David” Riel, Jr. (1844-1885) was a Métis (French: “mixed” – compare to Spanish mestizo or Portuguese mestiço), a descendant of both French fur traders and Canadian First Nations peoples such as the Cree. This distinct and semi-nomadic group, now recognized by the Canadian government as an Aboriginal people by the Constitution ...
Mar 23, 2020 · Louis Riel’s Last Stand. The village of Batoche, pictured here in 1885, was the battlefield on which the Provisional Government of Saskatchewan, and Louis Riel's dreams for Métis independence, were crushed. Canada’s North-West Rebellion reached its climax in May 1885, as the government army closed on the mixed-blood Métis’ provisional ...
