Red River

Spenser deals with when his father passes. One more example of true love in “Red River”, is shown when Lucy is told that Israel is alive and survived the massacre. She is relieved and exclaims, “Praise be, Praise be. Can you take us to him” (Tademy 208-209)? Lucy is at ease because she realizes that her husband has survived, she is happy to know her family will be together again. Love can be seen all throughout, “Red River”, and Tademy

This led the government to view Louis Riel as a national criminal. As a result, Manitoba was established as a province from the Red River settlement, the Manitoba Act was enacted and Riel fled into exile within U.S borders after the execution of Thomas Scott. Overall, he attempted to take a stand against a bureaucracy that threatened the Métis way of life, only to have to escape in

from what the Canadian Government did 15 years later to Riel? They cheated him of his right to a mixed jury (French, Métis, and English), and moved his trial to a place where the jury would be biased in their favour. After being captured during the red river rebellion, Thomas Scott had been threatening to kill Riel if he ever got out. People claimed that Riel was normally level headed and made calm decisions, but when he received these threats from Thomas Scott it made him “angry”. Riel was most likely

businessman and political leader in the métis community. His political legacy likely influenced his son, Louis Riel Jr. Who than returned to Red River, his childhood home to support his family, and widowed mother after his father’s death. In 1869, The Hudson’s Bay Company was under pressure

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

September 1870 in St. Joseph, Dakota territory. Louis Riel is reading a note which talks about how the Canadian soldiers have wreaked havoc on the Red River Colony. It talks about how some Métis men had been murdered and quite a few were beaten. Women had also been raped in the settlement too. “The Canadian soldiers have brought a reign of fear to the Red River settlement.” This is an excerpt from the note Louis Riel was reading. Also, Schultz returned and was basically running things. The comic-strip

Riel's life, accomplishments, and failures, while also exploring the controversial question of whether Louis was a villain or a hero, but who says he couldn't be both. Louis Riel was born on the twenty second of October on 1844 in Saint Boniface, Red River

stance against the government, because they were a “primitive people”, standing against the march of “civilization,”1 they had to be pushed aside so the new country could progress. Stanley believes that up until the execution of Thomas Scott, the Red River Rebellion was relatively non-violent and the government probably would have forgiven the Metis indiscretions, because they even continued to follow the process of conciliation through to the passage of the Manitoba Act. “ Although Scott deserved

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

“I have nothing but my heart, I have given it long ago to my country.” These 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