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By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press The Manitoba M\u00e9tis Federation made a case Monday against trustees renaming a city school honouring a military leader who has gained infamy in recent years. Wolseley School is the latest subject of debate over educational sites named after historical figures whose actions do not align with 21st-century values. Col. Garnet Wolseley (1833-1913) played a key role in the colonial crusade against Louis Riel and the M\u00e9tis people who lived under his provisional government in the Red River Settlement. \u201c(He did) horrible things to our people, to our nation \u2014 murders, rapes, the reign of terror, burning homes down to the ground, chasing us away\u2026. We need to make sure that the atrocities of people like Wolseley are never forgotten,\u201d the… <\/p>\n

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By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press The Manitoba M\u00e9tis Federation made a case Monday against trustees renaming a city school honouring a military leader who has gained infamy in recent years. Wolseley School is the latest subject of debate over educational sites named after historical figures whose actions do not align with 21st-century values. Col. Garnet Wolseley (1833-1913) played a key role in the colonial crusade against Louis Riel and the M\u00e9tis people who lived under his provisional government in the Red River Settlement. \u201c(He did) horrible things to our people, to our nation \u2014 murders, rapes, the reign of terror, burning homes down to the ground, chasing us away\u2026. We need to make sure that the atrocities of people like Wolseley are never forgotten,\u201d the... <\/p>\n

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