Louis Riel (Sr.) tried to set up water mills along the Seine River in St. Boniface, but he never had a great deal of success. 3. Riel might have become a missionary were it not for his father ...

In 1857, a young boy named Louis Riel left his home on the prairies bound for Montreal. The bright 13-year-old was chosen by a local bishop, Alexandre-Antonin Taché, as a candidate for the ...

Supplied photo Louis Riel Sr., also known as Louis the Miller, helped break the HBC monopoly on the fur trade and was also an advocate of bilingualism in Rupertsland. Riel the Miller supported a ...

He was the oldest of eleven children born to Louis Riel Sr. and Julie Lagimodière, and he was Métis by virtue of the fact that his paternal grandmother was Ojibway. — Hoping to assist his ...

Below are a few events in Louis Riel's historical evolution. Nov. 16, 2010: New Democrats Pat Martin and Thomas Mulcair call on the government to support their private-member's bill, An Act ...

Louis Riel was hanged for treason in 1885, but his ghost has never left us. It stirs whenever Canadians scrap over issues of regional authority, language rights or cultural freedoms. Riel midwived ...

OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 16, 2024 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Louis Riel Day: "Today, we honour the life and legacy of Louis Riel, a renowned Métis ...

The Métis leader and founder of Manitoba Louis Riel — born on Oct. 22, 1844 at Saint-Boniface — has divided Canadians for generations. Was he an inspired leader whose Métis provisional ...

2. Louis Riel's father, who was also a Métis organizer, was known as the Miller of the Seine. Louis Riel (Sr.) tried to set up water mills along the Seine River in St. Boniface, but he never had a ...