City declares Louis Riel not guilty
City council adopted a motion Tuesday declaring Louis Riel not guilty of high treason.
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Michael Black 15:28 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
But what if we don’t want him pardoned?
The Metis National Council is against it. They add that the family is against it. We didn’t do anything wrong.
The organization behind this is small, though somehow they got the BC Metis Federation on board..
I can’t help but think this passed because people don’t really know the story, and don’t pay enough attention to see this doesn’t have a lot of followers. A lot of crank ideas can get through because most people don’t have the depth to question it. Marie-Josée Parent is a great example.
I also fear this passed because of Metis ideals, but because cousin Louis is presented as a French Canadian hero. He wanted a place for everyone of mixed race. There is a suggestion that Annie Bannatyne’s horsewhipping of Charles Mair in Feb 1869 was a pulse that got Louis to act.
Annie was a neighbor and relative (it’s she that connects my family to Louis) in Red River, the same age as my great, great grandmother Henrietta. The Resistance was about a place for all of us.
I simply hadn’t got around to emailing Marvin.