Louis Riel, canadian politician, Métis rights, Red River Rebellion, christian religion, Battle of Batoche, Manitoba, Thomas Scott, North-West Rebellion
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In 1844, in the Red River Settlement, Louis Riel was born and was raised by a well-known Metis family in St. Boniface. At the age 14 years old, he was sent off to Montreal to become a priest but never finished the training. By the late 1860s, he was back in the Red River area and jumped headfirst into politics and won elections to Parliament a few times (Stanley, 2019). But there was a problem: because he was mixed up in the Red River Rebellion, he never got to take his seat.
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[...] Even so, his story can still hit nerves. For example, there was a stink when the Louis Riel Heritage Minute video got nixed in 2020 because some Métis people thought it was just trying to show only the good of colonialism that praised violence (Forester, 2024). Once you hear it all, Louis Riel's life and death still set the stage for talks about what it takes to be Canadian. His story is filled with difficult spots, it casts light on divides between groups in Canada-French and English, Indigenous and others-and the never-ending push for Indigenous rights. [...]
[...] Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Red-River-Rebellion Encyclopedia Britannica. (2024). Louis Riel. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Riel Forester, B. (2024, June 25). Removal of Louis Riel Heritage Minute sparks debate about storytelling censorship. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/louis-riel-heritage-minute-1.7245083 Government of Manitoba. (n.d.). Biography of Louis Riel. Manitoba Culture, Heritage, and Tourism. https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/louis_riel/bio.html History Rise. (n.d.). Louis Riel and the Métis Rebellion: Resistance and Identity in Canada. https://historyrise.com/louis-riel-and-the-m%C3%A9tis-rebellion-resistance-and-identity-in-canada/ Library and Archives Canada. (n.d.). [...]
[...] First was the Red River Rebellion back in 1869-1870. What caused it? The Canadian government bought land from the Hudson's Bay Company without reaching out to the Métis already living there (Bumsted & Foot, 2024). The Métis worried about losing their land and everything they knew. So, Riel stepped up, led a group that took control of Fort Garry, and put a government together to negotiate how the colony would join Canada (History Rise, n.d.). This government wrote up a List of Rights that laid the groundwork for the Manitoba Act in 1870. [...]
[...] But Riel had his own share of battles to deal with, too. Over time, views on Riel have done a full 180. There was a time when he was labeled a troublemaker. But a lot of people now celebrate his life (Stanley, 2019). His legacy is key to sassing out Indigenous rights, the meaning of being Canadian, and the conflicts that have been part of Canada's identity from the very start. Louis Riel's legacy and downfall In 1844, in the Red River Settlement, Louis Riel was born and was raised by a well-known Metis family in St. [...]
[...] Records relating to Louis Riel and the Northwest Uprising [Textual record]. Department of Justice fonds. https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=133991 Stanley, G. F. G. (2019). Louis Riel. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-riel University of Calgary Archives. (n.d.). Louis Riel collection. Glenbow Archives. https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/louis-riel-collection Weber, A.-G. (2023, November 29). Riel's descendants donate trove of manuscripts. Canada's History. [...]
