Images of Louis Riel in Canadian Culture

Topics include: reflections on the image of Louis Riel; 19th century news gathering and the mythification of Riel; images of Riel in contemporary school textbooks; stereotyping in Canadian literature; the Metis in Anglo and Francophone writing; Riel in Canadian drama 1885-1985; Riel and modern Canadian poetry; the portrayal of Louis Riel in Canadian children's fiction; The Scorched-Wood People; Constantin-Weyer's La Bourrasque; John Coulter's Riel; Le Messianisme de Louis Riel; Riel's poetic image of himself; Journal de Prison de Louis Riel; Louis Riel Ecrivain des Ameriques; etc.