Nov. 16 is #LouisRiel day.
He fought for the rights of #Métis.
He stood up to the colonizer. He was targeted by J. A. MacDonald because he resisted the state's decision to build a railroad through Indigenous land, without any consultation.
#PlusÇaChangePlusCEstPareil.
He was executed on this day in 1885.
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His story is brilliantly illustrated in this biography by #ChesterBrown :
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/269353.Louis_Riel?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=yXXpWqs138&rank=1