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Riel and the Rebellion 1885 reconsidered

by Thomas Flanagan

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A re-examination of the evidence surrounding the North-West Rebellion. Author claims to disprove the now conventional views that the Rebellion was provoked by government ineptitude or malice and that Riel was unjustly punished for treason. Concludes that the Metis grievances were partly of their own making.

Riel Rebellion, 1885Riel, Louis, 1844-1885Red river rebellion, 1869-1870OpstandenHISTORYGeneralRiel, Rébellion de, 1885Post-Confederation (1867- )