Louis David Riel (22 d'octubre de 1844 – 16 de novembre de 1885, per execució) va ser un polític canadenc i el fundador de la província de Manitoba. Pertanyia a l'ètnia dels métis. Va dirigir la Rebel·lió del riu Red (1869-1870). Riel cercava preservar els drets i la cultura dels metis. Riel ha rebut més atenció dels intel·lectuals que cap altre figura en la història canadenca. Va fundar un govern provisional el qual va negociar l'entrada de Manitoba a la Confederació canadenca. Riel ordenà l'execució de Thomas Scott, i fugí als Estats Units. Mentre estava a l'exili va ser elegit tres vegades a la cambra House of Commons of Canada, malgrat que mai va ocupar l'escó.
El primer ministre del Canadà MacDonald decidí portar-lo a la forca a causa de la rebel·lió que Riel també dirigí al Saskatchewan.J. M. Bumsted, The Peoples of Canada: A Post-Confederation History (1992), pp xiii, 31
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Referències
miniatura|Escrits de Riel
Barrett, Matthew. "'Hero of the Half-Breed Rebellion': Gabriel Dumont and Late Victorian Military Masculinity." Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'études canadiennes 48#3 (2014): 79-107. A biography of Riel in the form of a graphic novel. A survey of Canadian history.
A short work highlighting the complexity of Riel's character. An influential work portraying Riel as a religious prophet and responsible for the rebellion; highly controversial among Riel admirers A critical legal and political analysis of Riel's 1885 high treason trial. Hansen, Hans. Riel's Defence: Perspectives on His Speeches (2014) , Online text. "first reasonably accurate biography of Louis Riel to be written." An exhaustive, "objective" yet sympathetic scholarly account. Knox, Olive. "The Question of Louis Riel's Insanity," Manitoba Historical Society Transactions Series 3, Number 6, 1949-50 online Morton, Desmond. The Last War Drum (1972). military history of 1885. Read, Geoff, and Todd Webb. "'The Catholic Mahdi of the North West': Louis Riel and the Metis Resistance in Transatlantic and Imperial Context." Canadian Historical Review (2012) 93#2 pp: 171-195. A sympathetic reevaluation of Riel drawing heavily on his own writings. A standard Riel biography, covering most of the material in this article; source where no other is cited. Thistle, Jesse. "The 1885 Northwest Resistance: Causes to the Conflict." HPS History and Political Science Journal 3 (2014). online
Historiografia Barkwell, Lawrence J., Leah Dorion and Darren Prefontaine. Metis Legacy: A Historiography and Annotated Bibliography. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications Inc. and Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2001. Betts, Gregory. "Non Compos Mentis: A Meta-Historical Survey of the Historiographic Narratives of Louis Riel's 'Insanity'", International Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue internationale d'études canadiennes, n° 38, 2008, p. 15-40. online Braz, Albert. The False Traitor: Louis Riel in Canadian Culture (University of Toronto Press, 2003) online review Bumstead, J. M. "The 'Mahdi' of Western Canada: Lewis Riel and His Papers," The Beaver (1987) 67#4 pp 47–54 Dick, Lyle. "Nationalism and Visual Media in Canada: The Case of Thomas Scott's Execution." Manitoba History (Autumn/Winter2004-05), Issue 48, pp 2–18. online Flanagan, Thomas. Riel and the Rebellion: 1885 Reconsidered (2nd ed. U of Toronto Press, 2000). Flanagan, Thomas. "Louis Riel: Icon of the Left," Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (1986), Vol 1, pp 219–228. Mossmann, Manfred. "The Charismatic Pattern: Canada's Riel Rebellion of 1885 as a Millenarian Protest Movement," Prairie Forum (1985) 10#2 pp 307–325. Miller, J. R. "From Riel to the Metis." Canadian Historical Review 69#1 (1988): 1-20. , historiography Morton, Desmond. "Image of Louis Riel in 1998," Canadian Speeches (May 1998) 12#2 online
Sprague, D.N. "Historiographical introduction" ch 1 of Sprague, Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885 (1988), pp 1–17. Stanley, George F.G. Louis Riel: Patriot or Rebel? Canadian Historical Association Booklet No. 2 (1979) online
Fonts principals Boulton, Charles A. (1886) Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions. Toronto. Online text. A first person account of the rebellions. Riel's own writings and letters.
Enllaços externs
CBC Digital Archives: Rethinking Riel Heritage Minutes: Historica Minutes (History by the Minute): Louis Riel Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament Louis Riel – University of Saskatchewan library Louis Riel, The Amnesty, Translation of L'Amnistie, Bureau du Nouveau Monde, Montreal, 1874.
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