Louis Riel Historica Commercial

Link To Original Video: http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10646

Synopsis: What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death? Perhaps he thought about the turmoil that surrounded him, a turmoil that still surrounds the controversial Métis leader today. Even now, Louis Riel is a hero to many, a visionary, the fiery leader of a downtrodden people. To others he is a madman, a traitor, or a misguided zealot.

Riel was born in the Red River Colony of what is now Manitoba, the son of a prominent Métis leader and a French Canadian mother. He was educated as a lawyer in Montréal, but he returned to his home at the age of 24, just as Canada was preparing to acquire the vast territory called Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company. Since the Red River Colony was part of Rupert's Land, the Métis people feared that they would lose control of their own homeland.

The Métis are the proud descendants of French Canadian coureurs de bois and voyageurs and native mothers. They were great buffalo hunters of the plains who saw their way of life threatened by the arrival of English-speaking Canadians from the East.

Riel gathered others around him to stop Canadian representatives from entering the settlement. They formed a "provisional government" to negotiate with the Canadian government. Their actions, known as the Red River Rebellion, led to the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870.

Though there was also no bloodshed in the Rebellion, the provisional government did execute one unruly prisoner named Thomas Scott. The heated reaction the execution created in Ontario forced Riel to flee for his safety. He spent years in Québec, New England and in the American Midwest. Though he was twice elected a member of Parliament, he did not dare take his seat in Ottawa.

It was during these confusing years that Riel's religious feelings, which had always been strong, grew to a steadfast conviction that he was sent by God as the prophet of a new North American Catholicism.

In 1884, Riel was teaching school in Montana when some Métis from Saskatchewan asked for his help in their difficulties with the Canadian government. Like the Red River Métis, they feared that their lands would be taken. Riel wrote petitions and letters to Ottawa. Then in 1885 the Métis lost patience and claimed a provisional government of their own. On March 26, about 300 Métis, led by Riel, clashed with about 100 North West Mounted Police and volunteers, touching off the Northwest Rebellion.

The Canadian government responded quickly with a force of 8,000 men. The armies met on May 9, 1885 at Batoche, and by May 12, the overpowered Métis were defeated, and Riel surrendered.

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[RenxRen13]

One this day 125 years ago, Metis leader Louis Riel was hung at the age of 41 after a long battle for Metis rights.

Riel was a hero, he will never be forgotten.

[bkanachki]

@RenxRen13 It will be 126 years Wednesday.

[mariokart64nerd]

 my hero!!!

[DannyandPatty]

Golden.

[Slug99]

This is one of the best thing I've ever seen on youtube. Seriously, this video is fucking awe inspiring.

[LiamUe]

@SaltySangster

hey.

you can't fire with fire, sir/ma'am.

your claim that he's racist is nullified with how stupid you sound insulting him.

[SaltySangster]

@MrLincolnWolfe lol you are such a faggot, and yes you are a racist everything you said equals pure racism, explain the definition of racism and tell me that what you wrote was not racist. Again only a man with a tiny gross dick would go to the extent of being an internet troll, or maybe no friends what ever the reason you are a stupid faggot, not slang for being gay, just a big stupid faggot.

[MrLincolnWolfe]

@SaltySangster Im not a racist.

You Injun loving sissy boy wimp.

Shut the cock gobbler below your nose. ϟϟ White Power ϟϟ

[MrLincolnWolfe]

@sunny58316 LMAO...nice

The NDP can kiss my perfect over sized white cock...they are the Bitch of the Metis people.They were the ones who let the Metis hunt and fish as if they were Full Treaty Navaho.

I wouldve been like...fuck that...you Metis Mutt...pay for your hunt and get a job like the White Man :)

The Metis are a White Man created mistake.

We dont give anything special to all the Chinks or Niggas we breed with.

So why a mixed Ojibiway or Apache or Bum or whatever?

[SaltySangster]

@MrLincolnWolfe You are a fucking idiot racist, I feel ashamed to be white after that comment you fucking cunt. I guess that's what happens when you let a retarded white Christian with a small pecker make a you tube account.

[Bohner33]

@deathlordoo I was actually making a joke about Burton Cummings because of the comments by kriegkoenigwig1 and deerocks13. They were the comments right before mine. Riel looks a little like Cummings in this video with the curly hair and stash. Also Cummings is from Winterpeg, a Metis Mecca. Break it to them Gently? Stand Tall? That's hilarious!

[SSJ4cheezcake]

@MrLincolnWolfe Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

xD

Friggin KKK..

<.<

xD