The Many Ways of Being Human

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Métis, Mestizos, Creoles

On a November morning in 1885, a man climbs a scaffold in Regina, praying in French. Louis Riel was hanged for treason, and a century later Canada honors him as a founder of Manitoba. He spoke for the Métis, a people born of the fur trade that, within four generations, had its own language and flag. The chapter follows them, then Mestizos and Creoles.