Riel's return came at a turning point for the Métis, as the HBC was preparing to transfer the large swath of territory known as Rupert's Land, which included Red River, to the newly established Dominion of Canada. Riel eventually dropped out of the seminary, and following a stint as a clerk at a Montreal law firm, he made his way back to Red River in 1868. The French-speaking Red River Métis were also involved in the Roman Catholic Church, and at age 13, Riel earned a scholarship to study at a junior seminary in Montreal, Canada. Taking after his father, the younger Riel identified as a member of the Métis, a mixed group of aboriginal-European descent who traditionally hunted buffalo and traded furs. He was the oldest of 11 children born to Julie Lagimonière and Louis Riel, a local Métis leader who supported a resistance to the trade monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

Louis David Riel was born in the Red River settlement of modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on October 22, 1844. After surrendering, Riel was found guilty of treason and hanged on November 16, 1885, in Regina, Canada.

Exiled by the Canadian government and institutionalized in the 1870s, Riel returned to Métis territory in 1884 to lead another uprising. Following his early training for priesthood, Riel headed a 1869-70 rebellion against the transfer of Métis land from the Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada, leading to the formation of the province of Manitoba. Louis Riel was born in modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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