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

acknowledge it.”- Louis Riel. We believe that Louis Riel is innocent of treason. Also, 92% of the class believes that Louis Riel is innocent. Mr.Riel is an ambitious, daring, well educated, political leader, who is a proud leader of the Metis. First, he was protecting the Metis rights. Secondly, he was threatened by racism and the Canadian Party. Finally, he negotiated with the Canadian government to create Manitoba. As you see, Louis Riel is innocent of treason. To begin, Louis Riel wanted to negotiate

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

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 that one must take actions in order to achieve a person’s right. Firstly, Louis Riel is a savior

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 daring

Flanagan, T. (2000). Riel and the rebellion (2nd ed.). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press Incorporated. This book talks about Louis Riel and the rebellion in 1885. This book looks at many different angles and views when discussing the rebellion. The book focuses on the rebellion, land claims, metis people, and Louis Riel's trial. I will be using this book in my paper for the benefit of having multiple views and standpoints on each situation. I do not believe he meant to be biased however, it

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 larger

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

on what they think is best for their colony. It was because of the help that Riel gave the Metis, that they were able to go to Ottawa, and negotiate an agreement. When Louis Riel created the National Metis Committee, as well as a provisional government, he knew he would guide the Metis in negotiating a treaty with the Canadian government. In other words, Riel assisted Macdonald in the creation of a new country; Canada. Riel was so confident that he said in one of his quotes “ I know that through the