Louis Riel
Métis leader in Canada (1844-1885) · Canada · Politicians · Died at 41
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Something wrong?Louis Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister John A. Macdonald.
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Louis Riel, age 14
The Métis provisional government![This fictionalized depiction of Scott's execution in the Canadian Illustrated News was "conceived in the context of heightened partisanship" and "helped inflame anti-Métis sentiment".[35]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/ShootingThomasScott.jpg/330px-ShootingThomasScott.jpg)
This fictionalized depiction of Scott's execution in the Canadian Illustrated News was "conceived in the context of heightened partisanship" and "helped inflame anti-Métis sentiment".[35]
Louis Riel circa 1875
Jean-Louis and Marie-Angélique Riel, children of Louis Riel
Riel in 1882
Louis Riel testifies at his trialAwards
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Louis Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister John A. Macdonald. Riel fought to defend Métis rights and identity as the Northwest Territories came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence.
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