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The North West Rebellion was a brief conflict on the Canadian prairies in spring of 1885. But its outcome had a lasting affect on a nation. Louis Riel watched the first battle of the North West ...

The Métis were eventually defeated by government troops and Louis Riel was arrested. English Canada clamored for the federal government to take tough measures against the Rebellion leader.

He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by ...