2. Louis Riel
• Born in Red River
Settlement
• Educated in Montreal
• A lawyer and fluent in
both French & English
3. Louis Riel: Riel-ly Intense Guy
Don’t write down the quote
“He watches what’s happening around him
with the intense eyes of an osprey, sees
how more new Orange setters from
Ontario arrive every month, how the
Hudson’s Bay Company maneuvers in its
approaching deal with the Canadians
keeping vital information about the sale of
land that many feel isn’t even theirs a
secret from the Metis and the Indians.”
-- Joseph Boyden
7. Metis List of Rights
• elect their own legislature & pass laws
• approve Canadian laws that impact them
• seats in the Canadian Parliament
• English and French
as official languages
• Treaties between First Nations
and Canadian Gov.
8. The Canadian Party
• Wanted Canadian rule of Red River
(were racist Orange Order types)
• Actively organized to bring down PG.
• Both Scott and Schultz were arrested,
and escaped. Scott was recaptured …
Dr. Schultz
Thomas Scott
10. Thomas Scott
• Tried for treason against the Metis Provisional
Government for threats on Riel’s life.
• Found guilty and executed on March 4, 1870
11. Thomas Scott
You don’t have to write down the quote. Just the
question at the bottom!
“Scott is one of those historical enigmas. Some believe he was a
martyr while others call him the "skin-head" of his day. Scott is
described by Lord Dufferin as being of "excitable temper and rough
ways” -George Siamandis
• What are 2 different understandings of Thomas Scott?