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Riel's rebellions
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Riel's rebellions: see Riel, Louis Riel, Louis , 1844–85, Canadian insurgent, leader of two rebellions, b. Manitoba, of French and métis parentage. In 1869–70 he led the rebels of the Red River settlements, mainly métis and indigenous peoples, who felt that their rights were
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Seven years later, Mistawasis--a staunch Presbyterian--and his band would come to the aid of Nisbet's mission to protect them during the second Riel Rebellion.
RELATED ARTICLE 1 Battlefords Agricultural Society The Battlefords Agricultural Society was formed in 1884, but the fledgling organization had to delay its first fair until 1887, due to the Riel Rebellion.
He also reexamines the coming of the white man, the extermination of the buffalo, the forcible relocation of Aboriginal people to reserves, the signing of the treaties and the 1885 Riel Rebellion with an eye to the role each leader played in these events.
 
 
 
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