LOUIS RIEL BY LUCIENNE HENRY

Who Was Louis Riel

He was born on October, 22, 1844. Louis was a Métis, he was Métis because his Grandmother ( His fathers mother) was a Dene aboriginal woman

He was born in a Catholic family He had a high education He was a husband and father He was the leader of the Red River Resistance

Why I chose Louis Riel

He made a huge contribution and impact to the way Métis people are recognized today

He had a huge impact on Manitoba joining confederation

He was a Canadian I’m a Métis Marriage and association relate me to him

My Family Connections

My four times great grandfather

My four times great aunt also the woman who connects my family to Louis Riel’s family

Moise Lucier ( My three times great grandfather

Alex Lucier (My two

times great grandfather

)

Teresa Lucier (My

Great Grandmoth

er

Cecile Abraham (My Grandma)

Garth Henry (My Dad)

Me (Lucienne Henry )

My Three Main Points On Why Louis Riel was an Influential Person in History

He had an impact on Manitoba joining confederation

He was one of the first major influential Métis leaders

He helped make Métis recognized first nations

He Had an Impact on Manitoba Joining

Confederation He wanted the colony to enter

confederation with institutions much like Quebec

Riel demanded that Red River enter confederation as a province, and that the local inhabitants possessed the same rights as all Canadians

This allowed for Manitoba to exercise constitutional power in its own right

He Was One of The First Major

Influential Métis leaders

Louis is known as the father of Manitoba but he is also known as the man who stood up for the rights of the Métis people

Louis Riel’s fight for equal rights for Métis allowed him to become a symbol of leadership to many Métis and non Métis individuals in that time and in the modern day

Louis showed that the preconceived idea of Métis people as dirty unintelligent half breeds was wrong

He Helped Make Métis Become

Recognized First Nations

He believed that the French speaking Métis were belonging to neither the French community nor the native community, he believed that they were their own nation.

Louis Riel pushed strongly for land rights and received them in the form of script.

Because the government of Canada, acknowledged the Métis and gave them script it was an acknowledgment that they were a native people

His Major Contribution

His Major Contribution was his hand in Manitoba joining confederation

Thank You!