Strange Empire more books like this

by Joseph Kinsey Howard, Nicholas Vrooman (Introduction by)

Howard tells the dramatic stow of the Metis people's valiant struggles to establish a homeland on the plains along the United States-Canada border. Descendants of fur traders and Indians, the Metis mounted insurrections against the Canadian government in 1869-70 and 1885 led by the messianic Louis Riel.

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Loyal Till Death-Indians/NW Rebell more books like this

by Blair Stonechild

"Nominee, Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction" This startling retelling of the North-West Rebellion explodes the myth of a grand Indian-MA(c)tis alliance and delves into the reasons why Indians have been branded as traitors and rebels in both the public imagination and official records. After the rebellion, twenty-eight reserves ...

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Louis 'David' Riel: Prophet of the New World more books like this

by Thomas Flanagan

Louis Riel is one of the great tragic heroes in Canadian history, and one of its most misunderstood. Was he a prophet or a madman? The debate rages still...

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Louis David Riel REV/E more books like this

by Thomas Flanagan

Riel's initial impulse was to renovate the Catholic Church from within. Through his sufferings, through his absolute obedience to the hierarchy, he would contribute to the universal triumph of the Church.

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The Queen V Louis Riel more books like this

by Louis Riel

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Riel & the Rebellion 2/E more books like this

by Thomas Flanagan

When, in 1983, the first edition of "Riel and the Rebellion" was published, the scholarly controversy concerning Thomas Flanagan's interpretation of the Rebellion of 1885 escalated to one of national significance. One of the few books that presents a countervailing view Of the traditional interpretation Of the Rebellion, Flanagan contends that the ...

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Gabriel Dumont: The Metis Chief and His Lost World more books like this

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Prairie Fire: The 1885 Northwest Rebellion more books like this

by Bob Beal

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The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions more books like this

by Stephen Richer (Editor), George Francis Gilman Stanley, Lorna Weir (Editor)

Thomas Flanagan, the novelist, writes the introduction to this historical overview.

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Louis Riel: The Rebel and the Hero more books like this

by Hartwell Bowsfield

The rise and fall of Louis Riel (1844-85) spanned only fifteen years, yet he is one of the most controversial and colourful people in our history. The central figure in two rebellions, which he led on behalf of the French-speaking half-breeds called Mtis, Riel has caught the imagination of Canadians as few other historical personalities have done. ...

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Louis Riel more books like this

by Rosemary Neering

Louis Riel is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

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The last war drum; the North West campaign of 1885. more books like this

by Desmond Morton

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The collected writings of Louis Riel more books like this

by Louis Riel

This critical, definitive edition is composed of five annotated volumes: three of letters, diaries, declarations, and other prose writings, ordered chronologically; one of poetry; and a reference volume. Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Riel and his influence on the history of Western Canada.

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War in the West : voices of the 1885 rebellion more books like this

by Rudy Henry Wiebe, Bob Beal

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Louis Riel: rebel of the western frontier or victim of politics and prejudice? more books like this

by Hartwell Bowsfield (Compiled by)

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"1885" The Riel Rebellion. more books like this

by Frank W. Anderson

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Strange Empire: Louis Riel and the Metis People more books like this

by Joseph Kinsey Howard, Howard Joseph

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Birth of Western Canada more books like this

by George F Stanley

Thomas Flanagan, the novelist, writes the introduction to this historical overview.

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Honore Jaxon: Prairie Visionary more books like this

by Donald B Smith

The first definitive biography of this complex political man, who served as Louis Riel's secretary in 1885, and went on to be a labour leader in Chicago and a "capitalist" in New York City. Born in Toronto to a Methodist family and raised in Wingham, Ontario, William Henry Jackson attended the University of Toronto before moving to Prince Albert, ...

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1885, Metis rebellion or government conspiracy? more books like this

by Donald George McLean

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Them damn Canadians hanged Louis Riel! A novel. more books like this

by James McNamee

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The Diaries of Louis Riel more books like this

by Louis Riel

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1885 and After: Native Society in Transition: The 1870s and the End of the Old West more books like this

by Laurie Barron (Editor), James Waldram (Editor)

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I Fought Riel: A Military Memoir more books like this

by Major Char Es a Boulton, Charles A Boulton, Heather Robertson (Editor)

Louis Riel personally singled out Major Charles Arkoll Boulton for execution. Thomas Scott was shot instead, but Boulton never lost his visceral hatred for the "rebel chief."

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Looking for Henry more books like this

by Clive Doucet

Looking for Henry is a long poem sequence which, through its search for "missing" Metis painter Henry Letendre, becomes a search for self, for history and for the intricate weave of Metis, Acadian and Micmac destinies and dispossessions.

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