Sources include Record Group 10 records relating to Indian Affairs (1872-1950), Sir John A. Macdonald Papers, Alexander Mackenzie Papers, David Laird Papers, Alexander Morris Papers, Edgar Dewdney Papers, and L. Vankoughnet Letterbooks.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 69, no. 1, March 1988, pp. 21-50
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Argues that Riel's hanging was not simply a result of bigotry against the French and the Catholic religion but that he was viewed as a rebellious traitor.