Louis Riel
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Louis Riel 🇨🇦

Louis Riel (Known as "Father of Manitoba")
Métis Leader, Founder of Manitoba, Spiritual and Political Leader
Born Oct 22, 1844 🇨🇦 Saint-Boniface (Red River Settlement), Canada
Passed Away Nov 16, 1885 Regina (Saskatchewan), Canada
Lifespan 41 years old
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"We must cherish our rights; we must defend our mother tongue and the heritage of our ancestors."

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Charismatic Métis statesman and visionary leader who led the Red River and North-West Resistances, established Manitoba's entry into Confederation, and defended Indigenous language and land rights.

Biographical Record

Educated in Montreal, Riel returned to the Red River in 1869 to lead the Métis opposition to Canada's unilateral annexation of their homeland. Forming a provisional government, he negotiated the Manitoba Act of 1870, guaranteeing bilingualism, confessional schools, and Métis land rights.

Exiled despite being repeatedly elected to the federal House of Commons, Riel returned in 1884 to lead the North-West Resistance on the Saskatchewan prairies. Following defeat at Batoche, he was tried for high treason in Regina and executed, remaining one of Canada's most revered folk heroes and symbols of social justice.

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Saint-Boniface Cathedral Cemetery
Winnipeg (Manitoba), Canada
GPS: 49.8906, -97.1239
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