Riel bụ nwa nke mbụ n'ime ụmụ iri na otu n'ime ezinụlọ a na-akwanyere ùgwù nke ọma. Nna ya, onye sitere na Franco-Ojibwa Métis, nwetara ọkwa dị mkpa na obodo a site n'ịhazi otu nke kwadoro Guillaume Sayer, onye ụkọchukwu Katọlik nke a tụrụ mkpọrọ maka ịma aka nke HBC. Mgbe a tọhapụrụ Sayer n'ihi mkpasu iwe nke ndị otu Louis Sr. n'ụzọ dị irè mechiri monopoly ahụ, aha Riel wee bụrụ onye a maara nke ọma na mpaghara Osimiri Uhie. Nne ya bụ ada Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière na Marie-Anne Gaétboury, otu n'ime ezinụlọ ndị ọcha mbụ biri na Red River Settlement na 1812. A na-ahụ Riels maka njikọ ezinụlọ ha siri ike na njikọ siri ike.
mmalite afọ 1866