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Louis Riel
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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politics · Métis leader in Canada (1844–1885) · politician · writer · teacher · also Louis Riel, Louis "David" Riel, Riel
Born 22 October 1844 · Died 16 November 1885 · Q313691
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2026· 3 entries
Winnipeg Sun: Louis Riel College opens first campus in Winnipeg
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Parks Canada: Tours and programs - Riel House National Historic Site
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2017· 1 entry
National Post: 'Louis Riel' opera takes on new meaning during truth and reconciliation era
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2007· 1 entry
Manitoba's provincial government voted to recognize Louis Riel Day as a provincial holiday, observed on the third Monday of February
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2000· 1 entry
Said that for Manitoba historian James Jackson, the shooting of Scott—"perhaps the result of Riel's incipient madness—was the great blemish on Riel's achievement, depriving him of his proper role as the father of Manitob
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1992· 1 entry
The House of Commons passed a resolution recognizing "the unique and historic role of Louis Riel as a founder of Manitoba and his contribution in the development of Confederation"
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1985· 1 entry
That "the interpretive drift of the last half-century
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1982· 1 entry
Found that Riel had become "a Canadian folk hero", even "mythical", in English Canada, corresponding with the designation of Batoche as a national historic site and the compilation of his writings
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1971· 1 entry
And stood in the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building for 23 years
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1885· 6 entries
Died 1885-11-16.
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“We may be a small community and a Half-breed community at that — but we are men, free and spirited men, and we will not allow even the Dominion of Canada to trample on our rights.”
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“Riel poszedł na szubienicę, bo był jednym z nas. Jego śmierć to dla nas, Frankokanadyjczyków, umyślna prowokacja.”
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“Deeds are not accomplished in a few days, or in a few hours. A century is only a spoke in the wheel of everlasting time.”
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“My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.”
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“We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on.”
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1884· 1 entry
Riel was called upon by the Métis leaders in Saskatchewan to help resolve longstanding grievances with the Canadian government
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1882· 1 entry
Actively campaigned on behalf of the Republican Party
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1874· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1874–1875).
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1873· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1873–1874).
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1872· 1 entry
Macdonald could ill afford further rift in Quebec–Ontario relations and so he did not offer an amnesty
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1870· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia (1870–1870).
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1864· 1 entry
Riel lost interest in the priesthood and withdrew from the college in March 1865
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1858· 1 entry
Taché arranged for Riel to attend the Petit Séminaire de Montréal
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1844· 1 entry
Born 1844-10-22.
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