Riel's defence : perspectives on his speeches /
In 1885, Louis Riel was charged with high treason, found guilty, and consequently executed for his role in Saskatchewan's North-West Rebellion. During his trial, the Metis leader gave two speeches, passionately defending the interests of the Metis in western Canada as well as his own life.
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Montreal :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- The Queen vs Louis Riel : the historical context / Desmond Morton
- "Through the grace of God I am the founder of Manitoba" : Louis Riel's constitutional thought / Nicole C. O'Byrne
- Louis Riel's trial speeches / Thomas Flanagan
- The use and force of rhetorical strategies in Louis Riel's first speech / Christopher Tindale
- Narrative and logical orders in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Hans V. Hansen
- "A new German-Indian world" in the north-west : a Me?tis deconstruction of the rhetoric of immigration in Louis Riel's trial speeches / Kerry Sloan
- Reconstructing the substantive argument in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Paul Groarke
- "An insane and irresponsible government" : Louis Riel and the representation of responsibility / Benjamin Authers
- "Who starts the nations?" : Louis Riel and the question of geopolitical legitimacy / Jennifer Reid
- Louis Riel's ethos and the diffe?rend / Maurice Charland
- The case of two trials, Louis Riel and Socrates : intersections, overlaps, divergences / Louis Groarke.