He was trained as a wool carder, then returned to the Red River Settlement where he married Julie Lagimodiere.
He organized his community in defense of Pierre-Guillaume Sayer, charged with violating the Hudson's Bay Company's trade monopoly, leading to the first North West Métis rebellion of 1849.
Father of Louis David Riel, Metis Leader and Founding father of Manitoba.
He was trained as a wool carder, then returned to the Red River Settlement where he married Julie Lagimodiere.
He organized his community in defense of Pierre-Guillaume Sayer, charged with violating the Hudson's Bay Company's trade monopoly, leading to the first North West Métis rebellion of 1849.
Father of Louis David Riel, Metis Leader and Founding father of Manitoba.
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