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Prime Minister (Canada) - Riel Case

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File

Date:

1885

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RG25-B-1-a, Volume number: 124

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Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

1822039

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Department of External Affairs fonds

Canadian High Commission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Correspondence with Canadian and British Government Departments

Prime Minister (Canada) - Riel Case
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Date(s):

1885

Place of creation:

Canada

Language of material:

English

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File includes a cablegram and three newspaper clippings regarding Sir John A. Macdonald being misquoted in a St. James's Gazette article on the Riel case.
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Correspondent: Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), 1815-1891

Correspondent: Tupper, Charles, Sir, 1821-1915
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25-71

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General note:

Louis Riel (1844-1885) was a Métis leader, politician, and teacher. He led the Red River Resistance (or Red River Rebellion) in 1869 and the North West Resistance (or North West Rebellion) in 1885. In 1885, Riel was convicted of treason and executed. Since then his contributions to the development of the Métis Nation, the founding of Manitoba, and Canadian Confederation have been recognized. In 1992, Riel was recognized by Parliament as the founder of Manitoba.

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File was previously called: Prime Minister (Canada) - Series of telegrams on the subject of Riel Rebellion

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Government

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RG25-B-1-a
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Volume [RG25] 124

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