Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Rayuwarsa: Riel shi ne ɗan fari na yara goma sha ɗaya a cikin wani dangi da ake girmamawa sosai a yankin. Mahaifinsa, wanda ya fito daga zuriyar Franco-Ojibwa Métis, ya sami matsayi a cikin wannan al'umma ta hanyar shirya ƙungiyar da ke tallafawa Guillaume Sayer, wani Métis da aka ɗaure don ƙalubalantar cinikin kasuwanci na HBC. Sakin Sayer na ƙarshe saboda tashin hankali da ƙungiyar Louis Sr. ta yi ya ƙare ya ƙare, kuma sunan Riel ya zama sananne a yankin Red River. Mahaifiyarsa ita ce 'yar Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière da Marie-Anne Gaboury, daya daga cikin iyalan fari na farko da suka zauna a Red River Settlement a 1812. Riels an san su da Katolika na ibada da kuma dangi mai karfi. Riel ya fara ilimi ne daga limaman Katolika na Roman a St. Boniface. Sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 13 sai ya jawo hankalin Alexandre Taché, Bishop na St. Boniface, wanda yake da ƙwazo wajen ɗaukaka aikin firist ga ƙwararrun matasa 'yan Métis. A cikin 1858 Taché ya shirya Riel ya halarci Petit Séminaire na Collège de Montréal, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Sulpician. Bayanansa a wancan lokacin sun nuna cewa shi kyakkyawan masanin harsuna ne, kimiyya, da falsafa, amma ya nuna sau da yawa da rashin fahimta.Bayan labarin mutuwar mahaifinsa a 1864, Riel ya rasa sha'awar zama firist kuma ya janye daga kwalejin a watan Maris na shekara ta 1865. Na ɗan lokaci, ya ci gaba da karatunsa a matsayin ɗalibin rana a cikin gidan sufi na Grey Nuns, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka nemi ya bar, sakamakon keta doka. Ya zauna a Montreal fiye da shekara guda, yana zaune a gidan kawunsa, Lucie Riel. Rashin talauci da mutuwar mahaifinsa, Riel ya ɗauki aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin lauya a ofishin Montreal na Rodolphe Laflamme. A wannan lokacin yana da hannu a cikin wani labari mai ban mamaki tare da wata yarinya mai suna Marie-Julie Guernon. Wannan ya ci gaba har zuwa lokacin da Riel ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar aure, amma dangin budurwarsa sun yi adawa da shigarta da wani Métis, kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka karya alkawarin. Riel ya sami aikin lauya, kuma hakan ya sa shi baƙin ciki sosai.  Tambaya: Yaushe Riel ya yanke shawarar barin Kanada?
farkon shekara ta 1866