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Chester browns louis riel a comic strip biography is an interesting historical novel about louise riel a 19th century canadian politician who helped found the province of manitoba advocated for the rights of the metis an aboriginal group descended from first nation peoples and europeans and who led armed revolts against the canadian . Louis riel is a historical biography in comics by canadian cartoonist chester brown published as a book in 2003 after serializion in 1999 2003 the story deals with metis rebel leader louis riel s antagonistic relationship with the newly established canadian government. From my trips to canada im an american i had heard of louis riel knew that he was a metis one of the 3 recognized indigenous groups in canada and knew he remained an controversial figure because of his involvement in a 19th century rebellion but why he was controversial and what the rebellion was all about i hadnt a clue. A factual historical comic book about the early days of canada and the story of louis riel he fought about the rights of the native people with a bit of megalomania a big of insanity that is needed to curry such a cause against the government