The Red River Resistance: Louis Riel, the Métis, and the Fight That Made Manitoba a Province
Canada bought the northwest in 1869 without asking the people who lived there. The Métis of Red River, led by Louis Riel, stopped the transfer, formed a government, wrote a List of Rights, and negotiated Manitoba into existence, at a cost that followed Riel to the gallows.
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