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Louis Riel Leads Provisional Government Dec 27, 1869

           Red River Colony – “Rupert’s Land” -  At this point in time – December 1869 – Louis Riel announced that he had become the new leader of the provisional government at the Red River Colony in what was then referred to as “Rupert’s Land” – later to be called the “Province of Manitoba”.   This [...]