Louis Riel

Book review of: Riel's Defence edited by Hans V. Hansen.

Book review of Riel’s Defence edited by Hans V. Hansen.

Very brief article contains photo of the handcuffs used to restrain Métis leader Louis Riel prior to his hanging in Regina, SK on November 16, 1885.

Pamphlet for the major eastern Canadian Riel conference, held at the University of Guelph, Ontario, 14-16 November 1985. Goals for the conference were to re-evaluate the presence of Louis Riel and other key figures in the Red River and Northwest Resistances, in Canadian cultural expression avenues such as newspapers, school textbooks, novels, poems and plays.

Play script.

Author examines some of the factors surrounding Riel’s trial for treason concluding that in spite of perceptions of injustice, the trial was fair and in line with the standards of the time Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 57

Author explores the response from French-Canadian peoples living in the United States in the mid-1870s to the execution of Louis Riel; argues that the reaction can help to understand religious and ethnic transnationalism, and resistance to social and political forces in the Canada and the U.S. in the late nineteenth century.

File contains a presentation by Augustine Abraham, President of l'Union nationale metisse St-Joseph du Manitoba, in French. Abraham relates the history of her organization, which was founded to represent the francophone and Roman Catholic Metis community of Manitoba in 1887. She discusses how the idea of a seperate Metis government is contrary to Louis Riel's vision, and how her organization would like to see the Metis as partners in Canada. Abraham also discusses land issues, and the then recent Constitutional talks chaired by Joe Clark (the so-called "Canada Round" of negotiations).

The 49th parallel ("The Medicine Line") division and its role in three important historical events.

Examines the United States response to Louis Riel, from the press image to how Riel's politics changed the understanding of what it meant to be a member of the United States nation.

Commentary on Louis Riel.

Story of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Suggests that unique details are missing from the history of the 1885 Battle of Fish Creek.

Original autograph letter from Louis Riel, written in English, 20 days before his execution, to his befriended Regina jailer, Robert Gordon, which includes the poem "The Snow". The epigraph or introduction to the poem is titled Robert Gordon! and may be used as an alternate title. The document is entitled "[Letter and poem] [manuscript], October 27th, 1885, Regina jail [to] Robert Gordon / Louis David Riel" in the University of Saskatchewan Library catalogue.

Explores the stories and legends surrounding the death of Thomas Scott by a Métis firing squad and seeks to establish the facts of his life.

Analyzes the legal process employed to prosecute Riel and finds the outcome flawed due to the unfairness of the trial.

Discusses the cases, trials of, and outcomes for William Henry Jackson and Thomas Scott, two non-Indigenous participants in the North-West Resistance of 1885. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 41.

Background on the two men who were to become political adversaries during the Red River Resistance.

Provides access to a variety of Gabriel Dumont Institute's general educational resources, including items on the traditional Métis lifestyle.

Article submitted by an Eagle Feather News reader commenting on the September 2007 cover story. Article located by scrolling to page 3.

Book review of: We Are Included! by John W. Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen.

Reviews of seven CDs: Great Canadian Adventure: Portrait of a Nation. Canadian Treasures: An Interactive Journey through Canada's Heritage Klondike Gold Rush Settler's of Upper Canada: A Time of Change and Progress Totem Poles: Myth, Magic and Monumental Art on the Pacific Northwest Coast by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Emily Carr at Home and at work Making History: Louis Riel and the North-West Rebellion of 1885

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1998.

Biographical account of William Henry Jackson's {also known as Honoré Joseph Jaxon) involvement in the 1885 Rebellion as Louis Riel's secretary. Smith examines Jackson's political and religious beliefs, his trial and charge of treason felony and the question of his sanity.

Humanities Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 2013.