Louis Riel

Métis defenders confront Canadian forces at Batoche

📅 9 May 1885

The battle at Batoche began as Canadian forces advanced against the Métis provisional government. Métis resistance defended land, political voice, and community survival against settler expansion. The...

Canadian troops overcome the Métis defenses at Batoche

📅 12 May 1885

Canadian forces captured Batoche after Métis defenders ran short of ammunition. The defeat broke the provisional government’s military resistance, but did not erase Métis demands concerning land and...

Canada executes Métis leader Louis Riel

📅 16 November 1885

Louis Riel was hanged for treason after the North-West Resistance. His leadership centered Métis land and political rights. The execution shows how the settler state criminalized resistance to its...