Louis Riel

Louis Riel was a national hero, especially to the Métis of Canada. He defended his people, the Métis, and their rights by creating Le Comité National des Métis and the provisional government at Fort Garry. He showed the Canadian government that he is not a joke with the execution of Thomas Scott. He contributed to the creation and government placed in Manitoba with the Manitoba Act. And he also left, coming back with a new view and to attempt a peaceful negotiation. Louis Riel went against the Prime

The story of Louis Riel starts off with the young Louis leaving the Red River Settlement at the age of 13 to become a priest. This came from the fact that the people he looked up to were religious people, His mother and his father. A month before his 14th birthday he began his studies at the collage of Montreal. After a few years of collage in 1864 the 19 year old Louis learned that his father passed way but decide to stay in school so he could get a good job to support his family back home but be

are Louis Riel’s last words before his execution. Two themes that have been debated is whether Louis Riel is a traitor or hero to the Métis. There have been many controversial figures throughout Canada’s history, but Louis Riel is one of the most controversial figure. His perspective on how he dealt with manner is still debated today. A key aspect discussed today is why Riel is a hero to his people; the Métis. Louis Riel had once recognized the turmoil the Métis had to face, through this Riel proved

as Louis Riel, who is one of the most prominent, yet one of the most controversial figures of Canada during the Red River and the North-West Rebellions. I respectfully disagree that Louis Riel is guilty of high treason, who instead should be granted clemency and not be executed. Although some people may believe this is wrong, they are oblivious of his outstanding accomplishments, such as defending the Métis rights, taking good risks and action, and shaping the province of Manitoba. Louis Riel, a

advance their ideas to large audiences. Socrates and Louis Riel are no exception to this and used their respected trials as a means of conveying a final political statement. This is evident in both Plato’s The Trial and Death of Socrates and Hans V. Hansen’s Reil’s Defense: Perspectives on his Speeches. Both men’s speeches can be seen as weak examples of forensic rhetoric and strong examples of political rhetoric due to the fact that Socrates and Riel both believed in a divine mission and cause much

On November 16 1885, 41 year-old Metis father Louis David Riel passed away at 8:00am(CTZ) .After a long battle in court, he was sentenced to execution for treason which led him to be hung in Regina, Saskatchewan. On October 22, 1844 Julie Lagimodière gave birth to her son Louis Riel in lovely family home located in Sant Boniface, Winnipeg Manitoba. Over a number of years, Louis Riel spent countless hours attending a law school studying and expanding his knowledge on local politics. Being one of

Diorama Write Up The Hanging of Louis Riel For my diorama I chose to do the hanging of Louis Riel. I used Lego characters to represent the people who attended the trail and Louis. I did this because lego is easy to set up and i have an excess amount of lego so it was also easy to gather the supplies. For the background I picked blue and green construction paper to serve as the sky and hills + grass. With construction paper i also made the sun and some clouds out of yellow and white paper

Louis Riel : A villain Louis Riel: Hero or villain, many would disagree on the matter even centuries later to come! Riel was obviously a traitor against John.A.macdonald and his country because of many reasons! The infamous Louis riel stood in the way of the national policy (led by SJAM). He also responded with violence against our government on more than one occasion, the man never seemed to be happy with the government despite its efforts! In conclusion Louis Riel was a traitor guilty of treason

coalition, or fight, while working together for a common cause. The lower class in France came together in the French Revolution to fight against Louis XVI, and his intolerance towards them. Therefore, “Father of Confederation” must mean a man who brings people together to fight for a common cause. There exists much controversy on whether the Metis, Louis

In Chester Brown’s “Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography” and in Sarah Ovcjak’s “The Facebook Profile of Louis Riel,” the authors attempt to criticize historical representations by presenting the history of Louis Riel in conflicting lights. Both authors allow Louis Riel to have a voice in their respective works; however, Ovcjak’s Facebook profile allows Riel’s character to speak in the first person perspective narrating his own life, while the story within Brown’s graphic novel unfolds through a third