Have you seen the Riel comic bio by Chester Brown? It's pretty good. I gave a copy to my American (Mississippi) cousins whose parents are from here, so they can get to know their roots.
I'd like to see that too. My first exposure to louis was the Rielisme show at the WAG where J.Funnel made a Fiction/Biography series of drawings. It was very interesting.
"These impulsive half-breeds have got spoiled by this emeute (uprising) and must be kept down by a strong hand until they are swamped by the influx of settlers." --Sir John A. MacDonald Feb. 23, 1870
"You can be sure that we would have beaten them had it not been for Louis Riel who always counseled us not to spill their blood." --Gabriel Dumont
"My people will sleep for one hundred years, and when they awake it will be the arists who give them their spirit back." --Louis riel
"I have always believed that, as I have acted honestly, the time will come when the people of Canada will see and acknowledge it." --Louis Riel
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Have you seen the Riel comic bio by Chester Brown? It's pretty good. I gave a copy to my American (Mississippi) cousins whose parents are from here, so they can get to know their roots.
I'd like to see that too. My first exposure to louis was the Rielisme show at the WAG where J.Funnel made a Fiction/Biography series of drawings. It was very interesting.
Get riel!
"These impulsive half-breeds have got spoiled by this emeute (uprising) and must be kept down by a strong hand until they are swamped by the influx of settlers." --Sir John A. MacDonald Feb. 23, 1870
"You can be sure that we would have beaten them had it not been for Louis Riel who always counseled us not to spill their blood." --Gabriel Dumont
"My people will sleep for one hundred years, and when they awake it will be the arists who give them their spirit back." --Louis riel
"I have always believed that, as I have acted honestly, the time will come when the people of Canada will see and acknowledge it." --Louis Riel
Hmm, what year did louis say the thing about 100 years?
He supposadely said it right before his exection, November 16, 1885.
ggxgg
So that would put the rebirth in the year 1995? What happened then?
no, 1985.
According to a CBC article, 1985 was the year that the Canadian Constitution recognized the Métis Nation.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/metis.html
well, there ya go.
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