The memorial isn't commemorating "crushing Metis" and "suppression", it's commemorating the loss of life of the 90th Battalion who died defending freedom.
Ph.D doesn’t read the plaques on the statue he’s discussing... It’s in memoriam to those from the 90th who died. None of the plaques or writing on the monument celebrates the conflict.
I got no issues with a monument honouring genocide and murder to be left up as a reminder of it's era, but would love to see a new plaque added to it that reflects on the ACTUAL truth and sets the historical record straight. "Louis Riel (1844-1885) Louis Riel was born on 22 October 1844 in Saint-Boniface, in present-day Manitoba. During the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870, the Provisional Government of Assiniboia (under Riel's leadership) negotiated Manitoba's entry into Confederation, which was contingent on the recognition of Métis rights and land claims. While the Manitoba Act became law in 1870, the execution of Thomas Scott cast a pall over the provisional government and Riel was forced into exile. He returned to Batoche (Saskatchewan) to lead a second armed resistance movement, the 1885 Northwest Resistance, which ended in defeat against federal troops. He was charged with high treason and hanged on 16 November 1885. TODAY, RIEL IS REMEMBERED AS A CHAMPION OF MÉTIS NATIONHOOD AND RIGHTS, AND SINCE 1992, THE FOUNDING FATHER OF MANITOBA. Did you know… This current decade (2011-2020) was declared the “Decade of the Métis Nation.” In Manitoba, the third Monday of every February is a provincial holiday known as Louis Riel Day. According to the 2016 census, the Métis population in Canada includes more than 587,000 people. Métis Nation citizens, originally of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry emerged as a distinct Indigenous nation in the northwest in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, the Métis Nation Homeland encompasses the Prairie Provinces and a contiguous part of British Columbia, Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Northwestern United States. The earliest recorded use of the Métis flag was on 19 June 1816 at the Battle of Seven Oaks. The multi-use “ceinture flechée” worn by the voyageurs during the fur trade era evolved into the now-iconic garment of the Métis Nation, whose history and identity are expressed through each pattern and colourful strand. Featured on this coin, Louis Riel's sash is a Coventry sash, a popular style that was mass-produced on a loom in Coventry, England. " I was recently honoured with a limited edition coin, a gift from a friend, it's the first time Louie Riel was honoured on a Canadian currency. they should update that relic of monument to teach future generations what genocide, racism, colonialism and injustice were celebrated for decades and generations before people finally started telling the TRUTH. www.mint.ca/store/coins/2019-special-edition-proof-dollar---louis-riel-father-of-manitoba-prod3580029
It isn't commemorating genocide and murder, it clearly is a memorial for the loss of life of the 90th Battalion. The Northwest Rebellion had nothing to do with genocide and murder on the government side though the Rebels did massacred civilians and took civilians hostages and starved them. The "actual truths" people talk about now days are lies and myths far from the truth.
@@thehistoadian Anybody that can’t trace your ancestry back 70,000 years on this land is a colonist an occupier a settler, Those are the people that committed benefitted from and continue to reap the rewards of the genocide of first Nations people history revisionist like you are why we need to update the plaques rather than tear down statues to contest your propaganda
Despite Riel's positive contributions to Manitoba, he was also a murdering traitor. In history you have to take the good with the bad no matter what it is... the same can be said for countries like Germany; they have produced and done a lot of great things but WW2 is also a part of their history. Monuments should serve to not only remind us of both sides but also intrigue people into looking further into the history.
@jidion-fan-club- he led an armed rebellion against the government... there is no government on earth who would not see that as treason despite his well meaning intentions
The memorial isn't commemorating "crushing Metis" and "suppression", it's commemorating the loss of life of the 90th Battalion who died defending freedom.
Ph.D doesn’t read the plaques on the statue he’s discussing... It’s in memoriam to those from the 90th who died. None of the plaques or writing on the monument celebrates the conflict.
I got no issues with a monument honouring genocide and murder to be left up as a reminder of it's era, but would love to see a new plaque added to it that reflects on the ACTUAL truth and sets the historical record straight.
"Louis Riel (1844-1885)
Louis Riel was born on 22 October 1844 in Saint-Boniface, in present-day Manitoba. During the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870, the Provisional Government of Assiniboia (under Riel's leadership) negotiated Manitoba's entry into Confederation, which was contingent on the recognition of Métis rights and land claims. While the Manitoba Act became law in 1870, the execution of Thomas Scott cast a pall over the provisional government and Riel was forced into exile. He returned to Batoche (Saskatchewan) to lead a second armed resistance movement, the 1885 Northwest Resistance, which ended in defeat against federal troops. He was charged with high treason and hanged on 16 November 1885. TODAY, RIEL IS REMEMBERED AS A CHAMPION OF MÉTIS NATIONHOOD AND RIGHTS, AND SINCE 1992, THE FOUNDING FATHER OF MANITOBA.
Did you know…
This current decade (2011-2020) was declared the “Decade of the Métis Nation.”
In Manitoba, the third Monday of every February is a provincial holiday known as Louis Riel Day.
According to the 2016 census, the Métis population in Canada includes more than 587,000 people. Métis Nation citizens, originally of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry emerged as a distinct Indigenous nation in the northwest in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, the Métis Nation Homeland encompasses the Prairie Provinces and a contiguous part of British Columbia, Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Northwestern United States.
The earliest recorded use of the Métis flag was on 19 June 1816 at the Battle of Seven Oaks.
The multi-use “ceinture flechée” worn by the voyageurs during the fur trade era evolved into the now-iconic garment of the Métis Nation, whose history and identity are expressed through each pattern and colourful strand. Featured on this coin, Louis Riel's sash is a Coventry sash, a popular style that was mass-produced on a loom in Coventry, England. "
I was recently honoured with a limited edition coin, a gift from a friend, it's the first time Louie Riel was honoured on a Canadian currency.
they should update that relic of monument to teach future generations what genocide, racism, colonialism and injustice were celebrated for decades and generations before people finally started telling the TRUTH.
www.mint.ca/store/coins/2019-special-edition-proof-dollar---louis-riel-father-of-manitoba-prod3580029
It isn't commemorating genocide and murder, it clearly is a memorial for the loss of life of the 90th Battalion. The Northwest Rebellion had nothing to do with genocide and murder on the government side though the Rebels did massacred civilians and took civilians hostages and starved them. The "actual truths" people talk about now days are lies and myths far from the truth.
@@thehistoadian Anybody that can’t trace your ancestry back 70,000 years on this land is a colonist an occupier a settler, Those are the people that committed benefitted from and continue to reap the rewards of the genocide of first Nations people history revisionist like you are why we need to update the plaques rather than tear down statues to contest your propaganda
This will be the next monument to be pulled down
YES
Very Good Video ... please continue this Idea
Despite Riel's positive contributions to Manitoba, he was also a murdering traitor. In history you have to take the good with the bad no matter what it is... the same can be said for countries like Germany; they have produced and done a lot of great things but WW2 is also a part of their history. Monuments should serve to not only remind us of both sides but also intrigue people into looking further into the history.
Oh shush up Jake.
@@MichealJordansAccountant I will not be doing that any time soon
@@JacobBanman atleast do your research about Louis Riel unbiasedly before you make funny claims (;
@jidion-fan-club- he led an armed rebellion against the government... there is no government on earth who would not see that as treason despite his well meaning intentions
Well done Canadians!!!!