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Gabriel Dumont

1837–1906 · 19th century

Gabriel Dumont was a Métis buffalo hunter and leader who commanded the military forces of Louis Riel's Provisional Government of Saskatchewan in the North-West Rebellion of 1885. He won at Duck Lake and Fish Creek but was defeated at Batoche in May 1885, after which he fled to the United States and toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gabriel Dumont. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gabriel-dumont
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