This volume contains a majority of papers read at a Louis Riel conference held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, on October 21, 1978, under the sponsorship of the Riel Project.

Includes some text in French. "This volume contains a majority of papers read at a Louis Riel conference held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, on October 21, 1978, under the sponsorship of the Riel Project"--p. 11.