Louis Riel is probably the most famous and well-known Mtis that had ever lived. Mtis were people who had aboriginal and French-Canadian parents, Mtis is a French word that means “mixed” or “mixed blood”. Riel was a man of ideas and was a man who was knowledged in the government. He did many important heroics in Canadian History, he was a leader of the Mtis people and was looked up to and respected very much by his people. He got into trouble with the Canadian government many times in his life, but he never changed his beliefs, viewpoint or attitude about what he thought of about and for his Mtis people. He did all he could and all he was capable of doing at his full potential to help the way the Mtis people were living and being treated. Mr. Riel was a very well educated Lawyer in the first years of his career life and then he became a teacher after he was forced to move away from where he was previously living. In the life of Louis Riel Canada was expanding westward and the Canadian government was taking away the Mtis people’s land and their rights were being encroached upon. Many people, such as the Canadian Government and the English people were very racist towards the Mtis and the aboriginal people of North America. Louis David Riel was born in the year 1844 on January 21st. When he was 10 years old he attended an all boys Catholic school at St. Boniface till he was 14 in 1858. He had studied Latin and he graduated and went on to Collage accompanied by two other Mtis boys. Louis Riel was a very literate person and when he was 20 years old he started a poem book and he entered his first poem. One of those poems was:My Radiant Native BloodMy veins course with native blood:And I exalt my ancestors.You who sang to me the Huron CarolIn exquisite tones.You felt the pleasure Of its charm and pride.And I the poet pledge to youThe homage of my verses.By: Louis Riel(From the Yellow Booklet of Louis Rie...
