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Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
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Métis
Mixed Indigenous ethnic group of Canada and the US
The Métis are a mixed-race Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States. They have a shared history and culture, deriving from…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Manitoba
Province of Canada
Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's fifth-most populous province, with a population of 1,342,153 as of 2021. Manitoba has a widely varied landscape, from arctic tundra and the Hudson Bay coastline in the north to dense…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Louis Riel
Métis leader in Canada (1844–1885)
Louis Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister John A. Macdonald. Riel sought to defend Métis rights and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Treason
Crime of betraying one's country
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, its officials, or its secret…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)