Louis Riel

Louis "David" Riel (October 22, 1844 – November 16, 1885), was a Canadian politician and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government that sought to preserve Métis rights and culture as their homelands in the Northwest Territories came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence.

External links

• Biography from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Political biography from the Library of Parliament
• Biography of Louis Riel from the Société historique de Saint-Boniface
• Rethinking Riel, from the CBC Archives
• Parliamentary discussion of Tremblay's private members' bill to pardon Riel