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Northwest rebellion

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Northwest rebellion

Revolt against the Canadian government March–May 1885 by the métis (people of mixed French-Canadian and American Indian descent). Led by their political leader Louis Riel and his military lieutenant Gabriel Dumont (1838–1906), the métis population of what is now Saskatchewan rebelled after a number of economic and political grievances were ignored by the government.

Fearing a full-scale Indian uprising, troops were quickly despatched west along the newly completed transcontinental railway and the rebellion was suppressed. Riel was tried and hanged November 1885.



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