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A biography of Louis Riel, a M?tis leader who, in the 1800s, sought better treatment of his people by the Canadian establishment. Also profiled are Gabriel Dumont, a M?tis who tried to obtain better governance and fairer treatment for the M?tis people, and Poundmaker, a Cree Indian with M?tis blood whose efforts were directed toward preparing his people for the changes he could foresee and forging political consciousness among all the tribes of western Canada.