Prominent Métis lawyer and author of The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation discusses the history of Métis law-making and diplomacy.
Duration: 38:34.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 69, no. 1, March 1988, pp. 21-50
Description
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.