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He consequently began calling himself "Louis David Riel, Prophet, Infallible Pontiff and Priest King". [ 49 ] Nevertheless, he slowly recovered, and was released from the asylum on 23 January 1878 with an admonition to lead a quiet life.
The Trial of Louis Riel is a play written by John Coulter in 1967 as a Canadian Centennial project. Commissioned by the Regina Chamber of Commerce and based on the trial transcripts, it has been played annually ever since in Regina in the summer, most recently in 2021, the 55th annual production and thus North America's longest-running ...
In 2021, the RCMP Heritage Centre hosted the 55th anniversary of the production of John Coulter's stage play Trial of Louis Riel, in which production announcement and program archives George Goulet is cited in issues he raises about Riel's mistreatment at the hands of his own seriously deficient counsel, improper trial-related correspondence ...
Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada: Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State is a 2008 book by Canadian historian Jennifer Reid.Focusing on the Métis leader Louis Riel, it explores his legacy as a national hero and the broader concepts of Canadian identity and the Canadian state, as well as how the former is intrinsically connected with the latter.
The Red River Rebellion (French: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Colony, in the early stages of establishing today's Canadian province of Manitoba.
Louis Riel was hanged but has since been pardoned for his actions. Western Canadian old-timers were aghast at the changes sweeping the old North-West. The Metis among them invited Louis Riel, the hero of a 1870 uprising at Winnipeg, to lead a protest movement. He and Gabriel Dumont turned it
He was then brought in front of a court where they found him guilty of defying the authority of the Provisional Government, fighting with guards, and slandering the name of Louis Riel. [12] One of the issues in determining the character of Thomas Scott is a lack of unbiased evidence.
About 50 families had claimed the river lots in the area by 1884. Widespread anxiety regarding land claims and a changing economy provoked a resistance against the Canadian Government. Here, 300 Métis and Indians led by Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont fought a force of 800 men commanded by Major-General Middleton between May 9 and 12, 1885.