Battle of Batoche

“I have nothing but my heart, I have given it long ago to my country.” These are Louis Riel’s last words before his execution. Two themes that have been debated is whether Louis Riel is a traitor or hero to the Métis. There have been many controversial figures throughout Canada’s history, but Louis Riel is one of the most controversial figure. His perspective on how he dealt with manner is still debated today. A key aspect discussed today is why Riel is a hero to his people; the Métis. Louis Riel

The group discussed about how each battle had significance to and changed the way Canada is. We talked about how Canada and the people living here would have changed such as the the way we would have spoken, some religions and some cultural practices. We talked about if Pierre felt emotions for his friend Isidore being killed, even though he said “It’s war, Luc! Some must die” (p.72) when Luc questions “But your friend, Isidore, dead” (p.72)? If you think he felt emotions, which ones and why? We

First of all, the rebellion concluded after the aboriginals were forced to surrender. On May 15, 1885, Louis Riel and the Métis surrendered after a harsh defeat in Batoche, while the Cree leaders, Poundmaker and Big Bear surrendered a few weeks later. Even though all tribes did well in the first half of the rebellion, they could not keep up with the government troops in the second half of the rebellion, as they were

The European colonization of the Americas was a time of excitement and prosper and those involved left many interesting stories to be told. In each story, there is struggle and heroism over prized land, cheap labor and political control. In order for these historic stories to live on and teach us not only how far we’ve come but how much has not changed, authors need to capture the reader’s minds. I believe authors Jordan Goodman and Joseph Boyden accomplished this. They both opened my mind into a

do believe it would have been better if Louis Riel and/or Gabriel Dumont were present at the battle of Fish Creek. The reason is because when there is a leader, there is a plan which can be created and when there is a plan, there is structure and order. The Canadians knew a key concept to war, which is discipline. As stated on page 91, “‘Tom, good drill doesn’t replace discipline, and discipline wins battle. Standing to attention on a parade square is one thing. Standing fast while your friends are

By 1801, Spain and France formed a secret treaty, named Treaty of San Ildefonso, which returned Louisiana to France. The driving force was French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, a dominating leader to say the least. Napoleon sought to gain worldwide and had been at odds with Britain. He was determined to claim Louisiana to reap the benefits of the Mississippi River. He planned to link his trade business to the Caribbean island of Saint Domingue. Saint Domingue was much more appealing to Napoleon due to

The north-west rebellion resulted a lot of things but mostly damage, it resulted seven battles and one massacre and one looting (cut knife, duck lake and fish creek, Battleford, Fort Pitt, frog lake, batoche, loon lake and Frenchman’s butte) and it caused the deaths of more than 123 people. The rebellion also resulted in the destruction of metis and aboriginal forces such as Big Bear who surrendered and then was sentenced prison and the 8 other aboriginal men who were hanged and Louis Riel who surrendered

They’ll show no mercy when they attack again. Dumont has deserted us’”(p.174). Throughout the chapters 1-6, Larouche was loyal meaning he was faithful/committed and had strong feelings/showed support to saving Batoche from the Canadian. He was patriotic by wanting/loving to defend the Métis land. Going back to the quotes on page 103 and 174 they show that Larouche was not only disloyal but went against his own words. “‘He’s a bully and a coward! He wouldn’t know

is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world. What is the history of the organization? Dr. George S. Ryerson started the the Canadian Red Cross in 1896. It was during the Battle of Batoche that Dr. Ryerson made this flag to identify where his medical tent was and

At Batoche, Riel told the people that no peaceful solution was possible, he believed that the Canadian government wanted to be at war. He concluded his speech with, “Justice commands us to take up arms.” Riel at this point was announcing war with the government. By calling these orders, Riel caused more violence than there should have been. At Duck Lake, five Metis and one First Nations person were killed along with 12 NWMP officers and another 25 were wounded. This battle was seen as