Farmer, miller, Metis leader. The son of Jean-Baptiste Riel, a french-canadian voyageur, and Marguerite Boucher, a Metis of French-Canadian and Chipeweyan ancestry, he was sent by his father to Berthier-en-Haut, Quebec where he baptized Sept. 23, 1822, to be educated.
He was trained as a wool carder, then returned to the Red River Settlement where he married Julie Lagimodiere.
He organized his community in defense of Pierre-Guillaume Sayer, charged with violating the Hudson's Bay Company's trade monopoly, leading to the first North West Métis rebellion of 1849.
Father of Louis David Riel, Metis Leader and Founding father of Manitoba.
He was trained as a wool carder, then returned to the Red River Settlement where he married Julie Lagimodiere.
He organized his community in defense of Pierre-Guillaume Sayer, charged with violating the Hudson's Bay Company's trade monopoly, leading to the first North West Métis rebellion of 1849.
Father of Louis David Riel, Metis Leader and Founding father of Manitoba.
Farmer, miller, Metis leader. The son of Jean-Baptiste Riel, a french-canadian voyageur, and Marguerite Boucher, a Metis of French-Canadian and Chipeweyan ancestry, he was sent by his father to Berthier-en-Haut, Quebec where he baptized Sept. 23, 1822, to be educated.
He was trained as a wool carder, then returned to the Red River Settlement where he married Julie Lagimodiere.
He organized his community in defense of Pierre-Guillaume Sayer, charged with violating the Hudson's Bay Company's trade monopoly, leading to the first North West Métis rebellion of 1849.
Father of Louis David Riel, Metis Leader and Founding father of Manitoba.
He was trained as a wool carder, then returned to the Red River Settlement where he married Julie Lagimodiere.
He organized his community in defense of Pierre-Guillaume Sayer, charged with violating the Hudson's Bay Company's trade monopoly, leading to the first North West Métis rebellion of 1849.
Father of Louis David Riel, Metis Leader and Founding father of Manitoba.
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