My Boy Louis Riel: The Inside Story As Told by a Metis Relative - Softcover

The most thought-provoking passage in "My Boy" is the prophecy given by Louis Riel in 1885, only hours before his hanging: "My people shall sleep for 100 years, then, they shall be awakened through the Artists." In 1985, this prophecy began to be fulfilled as native people began to swarm into colleges and universities across Canada. Postsecondary registrations would soar to an 800 percent increase, many in the arts. The prophecy of Riel is about to be fulfilled! Imagine, if you will, a people surviving for a hundred years on a culture driven by faith and determination; then, consider the survival of the African American people. Do you see a parallelism between Louis Riel and Martin Luther King? Both are committed to serving God and their people; both are despised by factions of society who find them to be a threat to modern capitalistic progress; both are assassinated . . . think about it. Martin Luther King also prophesied: "I have a dream . . ." Today these "men of vision" are national heroes to their people, while both prophecies continue to be fulfilled. This account of the life of Louis Riel is unlike any of the many versions in our history classes. He has become a person with all the emotions of a young man driven to serve his God and his people through a life filled with sorrow, joy, laughter, anguish, and passion. You will enjoy the intimacy of getting acquainted with a man who was wrongly convicted of treason and who has now been exonerated by the Canadian government and given a place of honor to forever be remembered as one of the "Fathers of Confederation."