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Louis Riel was the leader of the Métis in western Canada who led his people in revolt against Canadian sovereignty.
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Louis Riel was born there in 1844, near modern Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Louis Riel, ... The Métis did not possess title to their land
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Louis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies.
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The Collège de Montréal is a private high school for students attending grades 7–11 located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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he married Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur in Carrol,
Montana Territory. The couple had two children: Jean (May 1882) and
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When the commission was unable to pronounce him insane, the date of execution was set for November 16. While awaiting death, Riel received a visit from his family and on November 6, he wrote his will. During the night of the 15th and the early hours of the 16th, he wrote one last letter to his mother and received the last rites. At 8:00 a.m., he climbed the stairs to the scaffold for his execution
