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Louis Riel and the Insanity Plea that Never Came
Louis Riel and the North-West Rebellion
Louis Riel: Changing Perceptions
Louis Riel : Firebrand
Louis Riel: Justice Must Be Done
Argues for a posthumous pardon of the Metis leader.
Louis Riel on Trial
Historical note:
Louis Riel: One Life, One Vision
Louis Riel / Part One - W.O. Mitchell.
Louis Riel: Patriot and Rebel
Louis Riel’s Insanity Reconsidered
Louis Riel’s Land Claims
Louis Riel's Last Letter
Letter written to his mother on November 15, 1885, the day before his execution.
Louis Riel’s Letter to President Grant, 1875
[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Louis Riel’s Religious Beliefs: A Letter to Bishop Taché
Louis Riel - Sketch. - [188-?].
Louis Riel Trial (1885)
Website contains links to trial transcript, chronology, selected maps, biography, and letters and diary entries introduced as evidence.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
The Many Worlds of Louis Riel: A Political Odyssey from Red River to Montreal and Back 1840-1875
The Métis
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Métis Elders and Veterans
Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law & Politics
The Métis-ization of Canada: The Process of Claiming Louis Riel, Métissage, and the Métis People as Canada's Mythical Origin
Métis Land Claims at St. Laurent: Old Arguments and New Evidence
Métis Law in Canada, 2010
Metis Nation of Ontario Oral History Project
The Métis of the South Saskatchewan: [Vol. 2 Draft Manucript]
Metis say Proof of Being is a Link to Riel: Identity Issue could be Settles by Courts
Metis Timeline Game
Students participate in game involving the events leading up to and following the Red River Resistance, with special attention to Louis Riel.
A New Look at Louis Riel Through His Visionary Experiences
"Non Compos Mentis: a Meta-Historical Survey of the Historigraphic Narratives of Louis Riel's "Insanity""
Ontario's Alleged Fanaticism in the Riel Affair
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.
[Papers and Correspondence in Connection with Half-breed Claims and Other Matters Relating to the North-West Territories]
A Passionate Adventure
"Practical Results": the Riel Statue Controversy at the Manitoba Legislative Building
Prologue to the Red River Resistance: Pre-liminal Politics and the Triumph of Riel
A Psycho-Medical History of Louis Riel
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).
The Question of Louis Riel’s Insanity
The Red River Rebellion
The Red River Rebellion: Eight Letters to Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, etc., in Reply to an Official Pamphlet by Hon.W.M. MacDougall, C.B., The Minister of Public Works and Commissioner to the Lieutenant-Governor of Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories
Response to 66-page pamphlet entitled Red River Insurrection: Hon. Wm. McDougall's Conduct Reviewed.