Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Edgar Dewdney and the Aftermath of the Rebellion
Final Trial Statement & Subsequent Renounciation of Louis Riel: Final Statement of Louis Riel at His Trial in Regina
"Group of Rebel Leaders": Making Known the Sovereign and the Outlaw in the Speeches of Louis Riel
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Legal Ideology in the Aftermath of Rebellion: The Convicted First Nations Participants, 1885
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Louis Riel on Trial
Historical note:
Louis Riel / Part One - W.O. Mitchell.
Louis Riel’s Insanity Reconsidered
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Louis Riel Trial (1885)
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Métis Law in Canada, 2010
Metis say Proof of Being is a Link to Riel: Identity Issue could be Settles by Courts
"Non Compos Mentis: a Meta-Historical Survey of the Historigraphic Narratives of Louis Riel's "Insanity""
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
The Queen vs. Louis Riel, Accused and Convicted of the Crime of High Treason: Report of Trial at Regina - Appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench Manitoba - Appeal to the Privy Council, England-Petition for Medical Examination of the Convict - List of Petitions for Commutation of Sentence
Of note: "The Prisoner's Address" by Louis Riel (begins on p. 147).
La Reine vs. Louis Riel Accusé et Convaincu du Crime de Hauta Trahison: Rapport ...
Reviews
Revisiting Riel's Conviction
The Riddle of Louis Riel / A Maclean's Flashback in Two Parts - W.O. Mitchell - Article. - 15 February 1952.
Riel Project / Bulletin / du Projet Riel - No.4. - October / Octobre 1980.
Historical note:
The purpose of the Riel project is to publish a critical edition of all the writings of Louis Riel. The edition is to present a printed version faithful to what Riel himself wrote, being "critical" in the sense that errors will be noted, variants recorded, and annotations furnished. In English / French.