Assignment # 8 - The Real Riel

Hey everybody! How are you? I'm good thanks!
This is Assignment #8 by, yours truly.

Me and Louis Riel...

Ry: Hello everyone! Today, I have a very special guest that has invited us to come visit him in his new home (heaven). Please welcome the one, the only, Louis Riel!

Louis Riel: Thank you, thank you! I'm very pleased that you could come! But we might need to hurry because when God finds out that I let living people up here... Well, let's just say that I may not be the same tomorrow.

Ry: Well then, let's get going. I have a few questions for you. Would you be willing to answer a them?

Louis Riel: Of course! I would be delighted!

Ry: Okay, first off. As the leader of the Metis, do you feel proud or ashamed of what you have done to impact Canada?

Louis Riel: Well, I am proud of what I have impacted. Yet confused that people disrespect what I have done. I don't quite understand why people feel that way about me.

Ry: Don't be hard on yourself.

Louis Riel: Thank you... What's next?

Ry: What went through your mind when you found out that you were sentenced to die?

Louis Riel: A lot of things went through my mind at that moment - why must god punish me? I deserve just as much as anyone else. what had I done to make him feel that way of me? how would the Metis feel of what was about to happen? what was going to happen to all of my loved ones? how much was I going to hurt them? - it was hard to concentrate on what the judge was saying.

Ry: I can only imagine how difficult that must have been.

Louis Riel: Yes, it truly was.

Ry: Okay I have one more question...

Louis Riel: Go on.

Ry: My source says that on December 9, your body was taken to St. Vital where it lay in your mother's house. It was there for the ones who had and always will love you. Is that true?

Louis Riel: Yes, that is true, from what I'd seen from up here, that is. Every night I'd watch my mother go to sleep wondering if her sorrow would ever end.

Ry: Thank you for your sincere and heartwarming information.

Louis Riel: Uh Oh...

Ry: what's wrong?

Louis Riel: God just found out. You better hurry out of here!
(Louis was pushing me out the doors of heaven)

Ry: Oh. Well, I hope to see you soon! Thaaannnkkk yoooooouuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!
(It was true, I really was falling from heaven)

Louis Riel's Grave



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I also went to these sites: The Heritage Centre - Mysteries of Canada

Assignment # 7 - Canadian Personalities

This is my assignment # 7 ...

a.) Which category of Canadian Personalities interested you the most? Why?

The category that interested me the most was "We Inspired". I enjoyed reading this section because there was a lot of variety (different kinds of people). All of the personalities were interesting, but the one I liked the most was. . .

b.) Which personality interested you the most? Why?

Peter Pitseolak - an Inuit artist and photographer. Peter saw that the old ways were starting to fade. He decided to try and keep them alive in his photographs and paintings. I liked reading about Peter because I found that I had a few things in common with him - I love taking pictures and illustrating.

c.) In your post, suggest three more influential Canadian personalities that could be added to this site. Why did you choose these people? Which categories would they fit into?

There were three inspirational Canadians that interested me...

Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone. Even though he wansn't Candian, his invention helped the lives of many Canadians. I think he would fit in the "We Inspired" category.

Sarah McLachlan is an amazing singer/song writer. I think she would fit in the "We Inspired" category.

Frederick G. Banting served as a medic in World War 1 and helped create the treatment for diabetes. I think that he would fit in the "We Fought", "We Founded" AND "We Inspired" categories.

d.) Which History-Maker did you have the most in common with? Were you able to figure it out from the clues given? What do you share with that person? What are some things that are different between you and that person?

PLAY THE GAME

When I played the game on the Canadian Personalities website the person that I had the most in common with Harriette Tubman. The things we have in common are: sibling(s), spring birthday, first language is English, and we both believe in human rights. Some things that are different between me and Harriet Tubman are: she didn't have a nick name, and she was an African-Canadian and I'm just Canadian.

e.) One hundred years from now,imagine that students are learning about Canadian History Makers and they discover you. What will you be remembered for? How were you a Canadian History Maker? You are using your imagination, so think about some things that you would like to accomplish in your life and imagine that you have all the accomplishments of your life to look back on. Write a short profile of yourself, imagining the contributions you have made to the future of Canada.

Ryleigh Anderson, born on April 11th 1996, was the founder of the campaign called "Better Lives, Happy Children," which was a campaign to help children in Africa have a better life(clean water, fresh food, proper shelters, etc.) She started the campaign after she visited Africa and saw the horrible conditions that the children were living in. She and a group of friends started this campaign at the age of 18, and it was so successful that it raised over $10 million. The campaign is still raising money today, and everyone will remember the thoughtfulness of Ryleigh Anderson.