Gabriel Dumont's memoirs present a rare view of Métis history as told by one of their key heros.

Examination of two accounts by Dumont of the "Riel Rebellion." The first account was published in 1889, the second account was dictated in 1903.

Examination of two accounts by Dumont of the "Riel Rebellion." The first account was published in 1889, the second account was dictated in 1903.

"The reissue of George Woodcock's superb biography once again opens a door on the vanished world of the nineteenth century Canadian Prairies." - Richard Sandhur

Gabriel Dumont's Wild West Show is a flamboyant epic, constructed as a series of tableaux, about the struggles of the Métis in the Canadian West. It is a multi