Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

HANS V. HANSEN

Preface to the Texts of Louis Riel’s Addresses to the Jury and the Court

HANS V. HANSEN

Louis Riel’s Address to the Jury, 31 July 1885

PREPARED BY HANS V. HANSEN

Louis Riel’s Address to the Court, 1 August 1885

PREPARED BY HANS V. HANSEN

1   The Queen vs Louis Riel: The Historical Context

DESMOND MORTON

2   “Through the Grace of God I Am the Founder of Manitoba”: Louis Riel’s Constitutional Thought

NICOLE C. O’BYRNE

3   Louis Riel’s Trial Speeches

THOMAS FLANAGAN

4   The Use and Force of Rhetorical Strategies in Louis Riel’s First Speech

CHRISTOPHER TINDALE