4. CROWFOOT
Chief Crowfoot
1886 John A. Macdonald invited
Crowfoot
to Ottawa
During this trip Crowfoot hoped to get a
pardon for his adoptive son Poundmaker
Fell ill during trip and had to return
from
Ottawa early
Died in 1890
5. POUNDMAKER
Poundmaker
Following the Metis defeat at Batoche he
Surrendered himself to the Canadian
Militia
Convicted for participation in NW
Rebellion
Sentenced to Stoney Mountain
Penitentiary for 3 Years
Served 7 Months due to failing health
Died 1886, age 44
6. BIG BEAR
Big Bear
Captured by NWMP in July of 1885
Found guilty of participating in the
NW Rebellion
Sentenced to 3 years at Stoney
Mountain Penitentiary
Served 2 years due to failing health
Died 1888, aged 63
7. THE FIRST NATIONS LEADERS
Big Bear & Poundmaker as Prisoners
Canadian Gov. used the Frog Lake massacre
to link the Cree to the NW Rebellion
Despite evidence to suggest the two were
not Connected & that Big Bear had tried to
stopit from happening
Also ignore that Poundmaker had not
attacked anyone
8. GABRIEL DUMONT
Following the defeat at Batoche Gabriel
Dumont fled the country to Montana
Gave himself up to the US Cavalry, who
determined he was political refugee
Joined Buffalo Bill`s Wild West as a rebel
leader and crack marksman
Returned to Batoche in 1893 and settled the
lands he Originally claimed.
Died in 1906
11. LOUIS RIEL TRIAL
The most famous trial in Canadian
History
Took place in Regina July 1885, lasted 5
days
Defense Council tried to prove Riel`s
insanity & therefore he was not guilty of
High Treason
6 Jurors found gave a guilty verdict with
a request for mercy
Judge sentenced him to death by
hanging on September 18, 1885
12. PROBLEMS WITH THE TRIAL
Judge was a lawyer not a real Judge
All 6 of the Jurors were English Protestants
Council tried to prove Riel was Insane against Riel`s
wishes
John A. Macdonald decided to charge Riel with an
obscure British Law dating to 1342.
- Canada`s treason law did not carry a death penalty
13. Has emerged as a hero and the Father of
Manitoba
"I am glad that the Crown has proved that I
am the leader of the Metis in the NorthWest.
I will perhaps be one day acknowledged as
more than a leader of the Metis, and if so I
hope I will also have the opportunity to be
acknowledged as a leader of good in this great
country."
14. REMEMBER THOMAS SCOTT
Fifty years later one of the jurors, Edwin Brooks
said,
"Riel was tried for treason but hanged for the
murder of Thomas Scott"
