The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us S:1 E:12 The Trial of Louis Riel

S:1 E:12 The Trial of Louis Riel Few of us know about the 1885 trial of Canada’s Louis Riel. Yet it’s important for what it reveals about tensions in Canada that exist to this day: between native and non-native, French-speaking and English-speaking peoples. It’s a trial, as you’ll learn, that became a turning point in Canadian politics.