This Riel Business

Tales from a Prairie Drifter is a stage comedy about the Northwest Rebellion during the opening of the Canadian West. It highlights the roles of Louis Riel, the rebel leader, of Sir John A. Macdonald, the prime minister, and of General Middleton, who was sent to quell the uprising. It defines the First Nations and Métis cause much more succinctly than do many history books. For this film, the play was performed by the Regina Globe Theatre before a First Nations and Métis audience, and their reactions were recorded.