Louis Riel and Manitoba

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The paper presents a letter explaining what Louis Riel did for this nation in the middle 1800s. The paper describes how he became a national hero for a lot of people in the world and of course mostly for the Canadians. The confrontations he had with the government from that time took him to really hard times; he had to run away and then he gave his life for the community, Metis and their own beliefs and culture. His ideologies were based on respect and equality for all the people in a province. The paper concludes that thanks to him, Manitoba became a province in Canada.

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"I believe that without the Louis Riel legacy, Manitoba would not be the powerful and rich province that it is now. So many facts had to happen thanks to Riel, so Manitoba could stay with it's own roots and continue through the history and be at this moment one of the most important places in this nation. We as citizens of this country should realize that this province became part of the Canadian Confederation because Riel negotiated on a provisional government after leading two resistance movements against the former government of Canada, fighting for the Metis people's rights to keep alive his traditions and culture."

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