Part one of W.O. Mitchell's article on the life of Louis Riel, from his Manitoba childhood to college life in Montreal, to the Frog Lake Massacre in April 1885.
File contains correspondence on policy recommendations to Prime Minister Diefenbaker from Manitoba MPs following his election victory. Includes a letter from MP Robert "Bud" Simpson of the Churchill Constituency in which he states that First Nations problems must be dealt with immediately by the government. Also includes a letter from Walter Dinsdale, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, offering his views on what the government should do to improve the situation facing Canada's First Nations.