Preface
Map
Introduction
The National Metamorphosis of Louis Riel
Chapter 1: I, the Prophet: Riel's Image and His Self-Fashioning
Chapter 2: The Precursors: John Coulter, Joseph Kinsey Howard, and the New Riel Chapter
3: Singing Louis Riel: The Centennial Quest for Representative Canadian Heroes
Chapter 4: The Bard's Apocryphal Song: Rudy Wiebe, Pierre Falcon, and Riel
Chapter 5: Consecrating Canada's Icon: The Projet Riel Project
Chapter 6: The Naked Martyr: Sculpture and the Shifting Image of Riel
Chapter 7: The Problematic Patriot: Chester Brown's Louis Riel and Canadian Nationalism
Chapter 8: Confronting the Hero: Contemporary Métis Engagements with Riel
Conclusion: Louis Riel in the Twenty-First Century
Appendix: Variations on the "Riel" Artistic Prophecy
Works Cited
Index.