Maxime Lépine

Maxime Lépine (c. 1837 – September 16, 1897) was a Métis businessman and political figure from Canada. A founding member of the Union Saint-Alexandre, Lépine sought to bring together Métis of French-Canadian and Catholic origins. It is also known that Maxime Lépine studied with the Christian Brothers in St Boniface. He served as a councillor in the provisional government created by Riel during the Red River Rebellion. The provisional government was established by Riel, along with other Métis leaders from the Red River Settlement, in 1869. The government was established in order to stop the Canadian government from annexing Rupert's Land.

In 1882, he moved to Saskatchewan, settling near St. Louis. Maxime Lépine fought at the Battle of Fish Creek and surrendered to General Frederick Dobson Middleton after the defeat at Batoche. He was convicted of high treason and sent to Stony Mountain Penitentiary in August 1885, he was released in 1886 having serving about seven months of his seven-year sentence. In 1896, he was given an appointment in the Indian agency at Battleford. Lépine died in poverty at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, on 16 September 1897.