‘The Catholic Mahdi of the North West’: Louis Riel and the Metis Resistance in Transatlantic and Imperial Context
The authors examine the transatlantic press coverage of the Metis resistance in Saskatchewan in 1885. The article documents that there was extensive international coverage of this ostensibly Canadian conflict and traces the evolution of narratives about it from their origins in French and English Ca...
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ftunivwestonta:oai:ir.lib.uwo.ca:huronhistorypub-1004 2023-10-01T03:57:25+02:00 ‘The Catholic Mahdi of the North West’: Louis Riel and the Metis Resistance in Transatlantic and Imperial Context Read, Geoff Webb, Todd 2012-01-01T08:00:00Z https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/huronhistorypub/3 https://doi.org/10.3138/chr.93.2.171 https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/chr.93.2.171 unknown Scholarship@Western https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/huronhistorypub/3 doi:10.3138/chr.93.2.171 https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/chr.93.2.171 Faculty Publications Louis Riel Imperialism Northwest Rebellion Media Metis Transatlantic World Canadian History History text 2012 ftunivwestonta https://doi.org/10.3138/chr.93.2.171 2023-09-03T07:02:02Z The authors examine the transatlantic press coverage of the Metis resistance in Saskatchewan in 1885. The article documents that there was extensive international coverage of this ostensibly Canadian conflict and traces the evolution of narratives about it from their origins in French and English Canada to the United States, Great Britain, and France. The article resituates Riel and the Metis resistance within this international framework, demonstrating how the story of Riel and the Metis was reshaped by commentators in the transatlantic world to suit local, national, and imperial contexts. Text Metis The University of Western Ontario: Scholarship@Western Canada Canadian Historical Review 93 2 171 195 |
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The authors examine the transatlantic press coverage of the Metis resistance in Saskatchewan in 1885. The article documents that there was extensive international coverage of this ostensibly Canadian conflict and traces the evolution of narratives about it from their origins in French and English Canada to the United States, Great Britain, and France. The article resituates Riel and the Metis resistance within this international framework, demonstrating how the story of Riel and the Metis was reshaped by commentators in the transatlantic world to suit local, national, and imperial contexts. |
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‘The Catholic Mahdi of the North West’: Louis Riel and the Metis Resistance in Transatlantic and Imperial Context |
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‘the catholic mahdi of the north west’: louis riel and the metis resistance in transatlantic and imperial context |
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