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	Louis Riel - MSN Encarta
		Louis Riel (22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies...
		Louis Riel (1844-1885), leader of the Métis (people of mixed indigenous and European ancestry in Canada), and widely regarded as the founder of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
		The eldest of 11 children, Riel was born in the Red River settlement, a farming community within Rupert’s Land, a vast western colony in North America controlled by the Hudson’s Bay Company.
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	Louis Riel
		Louis Riel, a leader of his people in their resistance against the Canadian government in the Canadian Northwest, is perhaps the most controversial figure in Canadian historiography.
		Riel was the undisputed spiritual and political head of the short-lived 1885 Rebellion.
		Riel was increasingly influenced by his belief that he was chosen to lead the Métis people.
	library2.usask.ca /northwest/background/riel.htm (448 words)

	Aboriginal Faces of Saskatchewan - Louis Riel
		Louis Riel was born on October 22, 1844 at the point of land where Manitoba's Red River meets the Seine River.
		For instance, Riel was immersed in the debates surrounding Confederation and the French nationalist movement in Quebec to preserve the French language and traditions against the onslaught of the dominant English culture.
		Riel was able to accomplish the objectives of the Metis because of his knowledge of the legal and constitutional process.
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		Louis Riel was disappointed with the way the Métis were, so he took it upon himself to represent the Métis and their rights.
		Riel was a prisoner of the Canadian government and was brought to trial for his part in the rebellion.
		Riel’s arguments were not listened to and he died an innocent man. Not guilty of killing many people, treason, forming a provisional government, and standing up for the right of the natives.
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	Veropedia - Louis Riel
		Riel was forced into exile in the United States as a result of the controversial execution of Thomas Scott during the rebellion.
		Riel was viewed sympathetically in francophone regions of Canada, and his execution had a lasting influence on relations between the province of Quebec and English-speaking Canada.
		Riel was easily swayed to support their cause — which was perhaps not surprising in view of Riel's continuing conviction that he was the divinely selected leader of the Métis and the prophet of a new form of Christianity.
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	Louis Riel
		The eldest of eleven children, Riel was born on October 22, 1844 in a log cabin by a gristmill his father, Louis Riel Sr., had built.
		The Bishop was delighted with Riel; and at the age of fourteen he was sent off to Montreal to study in a seminary in preparation for the priesthood.
		Louis Riel excelled in English, French, Greek and philosophy; but was described by his tutors as rather moody.
	www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca /bios/l_riel.htm (1063 words)

	Louis Riel - Canadian Confederation
		Louis Riel was born on the Red River Settlement, Manitoba.
		At that time, Riel was noticed by Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché who wanted him to become a priest, but, following the death of his father, Riel abandoned that idea and in 1865, he became a law-office clerk in order to provide for his family.
		Louis Riel was hanged on November 16, 1885, in the North West Mounted Police quarters in Regina.
	www.collectionscanada.gc.ca /confederation/023001-2390-e.html (1171 words)

	Louis Riel
		He was the son of Louis Riel, a popular leader of the Metis race, or Franco-Indians of the northwest, who in 1849 led a revolt against the authority of the Hudson bay company.
		Riel, on behalf of the half-breeds, demanded part of the money that had been paid by Canada to the company, and when this was refused he opposed, at the head of a band of his countrymen, the entry of William McDougall, the first lieutenant-governor under the Dominion government.
		Riel, who had been taken prisoner after the capture of Batoche, was conveyed to Regina, where he was tried and convicted of treason-felony, and sentenced to death.
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	Louis Riel - Canadian Confederation
		Louis Riel was born on the Red River Settlement, Manitoba.
		At that time, Riel was noticed by Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché who wanted him to become a priest, but, following the death of his father, Riel abandoned that idea and in 1865, he became a law-office clerk in order to provide for his family.
		Louis Riel was hanged on November 16, 1885, in the North West Mounted Police quarters in Regina.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2390-e.html (1171 words)

	Louis Riel
		Louis Riel is a hero because he fought for his people the Métis and their land.
		Louis was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1873 and 1874, but his seat was denied.
		This is the coffin that transported Louis Riel from Regina to Winnipeg.
	www.wsd1.org /SargentPark/hero/riel.html (207 words)

	Louis Riel
		Louis Riel was born October 22, 1844 on a farmstead at the juncture of the Red and Seine rivers, present day Winnipeg.
		Riel was smuggled by friends across the border and on March 6, 1876, he was committed to an asylum in Quebec.
		In all this Riel was seen by the Métis and the Indians as the "spiritual leader".
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Canada/riel.htm (1142 words)

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		Tired of dealing with the Riel issue and anxious to put the 1869-70 problems behind them, legislators voted in 1875 to grant amnesty for participants in the Red River uprising--but in Riel's case the amnesty was conditioned on his agreeing to a five-year banishment from Canada.
		Riel plead "not guilty" to "wickedly, maliciously, and traitorously" making "war against our lady the Queen" and "maliciously and traitorously" attempting to "by force and arms subvert and destroy the constitution and government of this realm." Treason charges rested on the three battles with government forces: Duck Lake, Fish Creek, and Batoche.
		Riel, who had been sitting passively through testimony by the previous prosecution witnesses, became agitated during Nolin's examination and leaped to his feet, asking that he be given the opportunity to put questions directly to Nolin.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/riel/rielaccount.html (3114 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Shortly after Riel’s return to the west, it became known that Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald*, fearing the Minnesota annexationists, was again negotiating with the HBC for the transfer of Rupert’s Land, ignoring the population at Red River and the Council of Assiniboia.
		Riel agreed to withdraw his candidature, as did his opponent Henry Joseph Clarke, in favour of Cartier, on condition that a settlement be reached on the guarantees made to the Métis regarding land.
		Riel’s fate had become a national issue that threatened to divide the cabinet, indeed the country, and a vast amount of editorial commentary was produced on the subject.
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	Louis Riel, Leader of the Metis Nation and Founding Father of Manitoba
		The Bishop was delighted with Riel and at the age of fourteen (1858), he was sent off to Montreal (along with two other boys, Daniel McDougall and Louis Schmidt) to study in a seminary in preparation for the priesthood.
		Louis was overwhelmed with grief by the death of his beloved father, in January 1864, whom he had not seen since leaving Red River.
		Riel was a controversial figure and his life and death have long been a cause of division between French and English Canadians.
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		Louis Riel, a leader of his people in their resistance against the Canadian government in the Canadian Northwest, is perhaps the most controversial figure in Canadian historiography.
		In 1884, while teaching in Montana at a Jesuit mission, Riel was asked by a delegation from the community of Métis from the south branch of the Saskatchewan river to present their grievances to the Canadian government.
		Riel was the undisputed spiritual and political head of the short-lived 1885 Rebellion.
	library.usask.ca:9003 /northwest/background/riel.htm (448 words)

	Louis Riel
		Louis Riel was born 1844 at the Red River settlement.
		Riel's group of Metis and Indians met up with Crozier's group at Duck Lake, and one man was killed, which triggered the battle at Duck Lake.
		Riel pleaded that he wasn't guilty, but two weeks later the witnesses said he was insane.
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	Louis Riel Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Louis Riel (1844-1885) was a Canadian rebel who led uprisings in the west in 1870 and 1884-1885 on behalf of the Métis people.
		Louis Riel was born at Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, on Oct. 23, 1844, of Métis parents.
		Riel was approached by representatives of the Métis and other dissident groups in 1884 and asked to return to Canada.
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	The MNO \| History & Culture \| Louis Riel
		Louis, the first child of Louis Riel and Julie Lagimodière, was born on October 22, 1844 in St. Boniface, Manitoba.
		In Montreal, Louis was admitted to the Collège de Montréal run by the Gentlemen of St. Sulpice, where he embarked upon an eight year classic course of studies, which included Latin, Greek, French, English, philosophy and the sciences.
		Louis proved himself to be an excellent student and was soon at the top of his class.
	www.metisnation.org /culture/Riel/home.html (803 words)

	Amazon.com: Louis 'David' Riel: Prophet of the New World: Books: Thomas Flanagan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Louis Riel believed that on 8 December 1875 he received a divine commission authorizing him to save the mTtis and reform the Catholic Church.
		This is also a biography, tracing Riel's thinking on religious subjects from his childhood to the end of his life and paying particular attention to events in his life that influenced his thinking.
		Louis Riel's emergence as the 'Prophet of the New World' was a gradual process, although it seemed sudden to those who witnessed only the final stage.
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	Louis Riel - The Trial of Louis Riel
		Riel is a symbol of the alienation that Western Canadians frequently feel as a result of the disregard or meddlesome policies towards the West of the Eastern-dominated federal government.
		Louis Riel is hereby recognized as a Father of Confederation and the Founder of the Province of Manitoba.
		Riel's mistreatment at the hands of his own counsel, the serious deficiencies exhibited by these same counsel, and Riel's address to the jury and subsequently to the magistrate, are examined and commented upon.
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	Empire of the Bay: Louis Riel
		Louis Riel was the leader of the Métis people during the Red River Rebellion of 1869.
		Late in the year, Riel and his followers prevented Canadian surveyors from entering the Red River region, and set up a provisional government at what is now Winnipeg.
		Granted amnesty in the Manitoba Act, Riel spent several years in the Canadian parliament, but he was outlawed for five years in 1875 and spent a year as a mental patient in 1877.
	www.pbs.org /empireofthebay/profiles/riel.html (292 words)

	Louis Riel
		Louis Riel was the son of Louis Riel Sr and Julie Lagimodière, both intensely devout Roman Catholics.
		Riel was strongly advised to go into exile, and he left for the United States.
		The trial of Louis Riel split the country's francophones and anglophones.
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	Louis Riel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Louis Riel was born in St.Boniface(Winnipeg) on October 22, 1844.
		Although the government put up a reward for Riel's head, the people of Manitoba regarded him as a hero, so much that he was elected to the Parliament of Canada, in 1873 and 1874, as their representative.
		French Canada was sympathetic with Riel, Sir John A. Macdonald was swarmed with petitions begging that Riel not be hung.
	www.plpsd.mb.ca /amhs/history/riel.html (627 words)

	The "Louis Riel Song": A Perspective
		Venne had made a cassette recording of the "Louis Riel Song" in 1984, and this recording was used for the radio broadcast.
		Patrice Bellehumeur, born in the Métis community of St. François-Xavier in 1863, was a younger brother of Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur, wife of Louis Riel.
		In her note on "Riel's Farewell" in the 1984 publication, Edith Fowke gives Thomas Flanagan's opinion that the "Louis Riel Song" was not made by Riel.
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	Amazon.com: Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography: Books: Chester Brown (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Riel is bilingual and becomes a de facto leader for the Red River Settlement, demanding the right for them to govern themselves within Canada.
		Louis Riel was a religious leader of an uprising in Canada in 1885.
		In the introduction to Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography, Brown mentions the influence of Herge's Tintin and Harold Grey's Little Orphan Annie on his work and his wondrous fl and white, six panel pages are truly an homage those great comics he cites.
	www.amazon.com /Louis-Riel-Comic-Strip-Chester-Brown/dp/1896597637 (2366 words)

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