Riel's Trial starts!

The Trial of Louis Riel remains the most controversial in Canadian history. Riel historian and Louis Riel activist David Doyle (Honore Jaxon II) presents a review of Riel's trial and the incarceration of William Henry Jackson, the Editor of the Voice of the People newspaper and the Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers Union. Mr. Jackson, who acted as Riel's private secretary at the time of the Northwest Resistance, was sent to the Insane Asylum in Winnipeg prior to Riel's trial. Mr. Jackson's evidence was of great concern to Canadian Authorities as he had been involved in constitutional agitation prior to Canadian Prime Minister declaring war on the Provisional Government of the Saskatchewan, 1885.

After over 500 years of colonial history

After over 500 years of colonial history the ‘Aboriginal’ has now come to the fore. Whereas the old Anglo-American-Canadian versions of history saw Indians, Native Americans, First Nations, Innu, Métis or Mestizo on the periphery, sidelined, sequestered, assimilated or assassinated these old approaches to Aboriginal Peoples and their affairs wane.

                 

SYNOPSIS:    

‘Doctrine of Discovery’ Our America, 1492 – 1898 is a compendium of colonialism and native resistance across the centuries. It tells of the European conquest and those who resisted; the Aboriginal leaders, warriors, peacemakers and prophets. It is a review of their stories as they challenged the persistent pressure of the Europeans and then the Americans and Canadians to take their lands, lives and legends. It is a respectful, yet incomplete, examination of their social, political and military campaigns. It reviews their lives and their careers while looking at their colonial adversaries; kings and conquistadores, priests, pilgrims, presidents and prime ministers who orchestrated the largest genocide and biggest land theft in history.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Aboriginal Issues May, 2012

        A Manuscript

          

                           David Doyle (M. Ed.)

Doctrine of Discovery