Louis Riel

Louis Riel,  nama penuh Louis David Riel (IPA: ˈ|l|uː|iː|_|r|iː|ˈ|ɛ|l) (22 Oktober 1844 – 16 November 1885) ialah seorang ahli politik Kanada, seorang daripada pengasas wilayah Manitoba, dan juga ketua politik dan kerohanian orang Métis yang tinggal di prairie Kanada. Riel mengetuai dua pergerakan penentang Kerajaan Kanada dan perdana menteri pasca-Konfederasi, Sir John A. Macdonald. Riel mahu mengekalkan hak-hak dan kebudayaan orang Métis pada waktu tanah air mereka di Barat Daya Kanada mula dipengaruhi Kanada.  Beliau dianggap ramai orang sebagai seorang wira rakyat.

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Bibliografi 

Barkwell, Lawrence J., Leah Dorion and Darren Prefontaine. Metis Legacy: A Historiography and Annotated Bibliography. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications Inc. and Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2001. ISBN 1-894717-03-1
Boulton, Charles A. (1886) Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions. Toronto. Online text . A first person account of the rebellions.
 A biography of Riel in the form of a graphic novel.
 A survey of Canadian history.
 
 A short work highlighting the complexity of Riel's character. Interpretations are available.
 An influential work suggesting parallels between Riel's following and Millenarianism.
 A critical legal and political analysis of Riel's 1885 high treason trial.
 Online text. "first reasonably accurate biography of Louis Riel to be written." An exhaustive, "objective" yet sympathetic scholarly account.
 Riel's own writings and letters.
 A sympathetic reevaluation of Riel drawing heavily on his own writings.
 A standard Riel biography, covering most of the material in this article; source where no other is cited.

Pautan luar 

 Biography of Louis Riel from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
 Biography of Louis Riel from the Société historique de Saint-Boniface 
 CBC Digital Archives: Rethinking Riel
 Heritage Minutes: Historica Minutes (History by the Minute): Louis Riel
 Parliamentary discussion of Tremblay's private members' bill to pardon Riel
 Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament 
 Louis Riel – University of Saskatchewan library
 Louis Riel, The Amnesty, Translation of L'Amnistie, Bureau du Nouveau Monde, Montreal, 1874.
The Canadian Encyclopedia, Louis Riel

Kanada
Orang Kanada
Kelahiran 1844
Kematian 1885
Pemberontak