A BEAUTIFUL BLUE CAPOTE
While the modern popular culture image of the Metis man is a jaunty voyageur in a candy-striped Hudson Bay blanket capote with a yarn...
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May 16, 20221 min read
Red River Metis Artifacts
A collection of photographs of Red River Metis artifacts from the Turtle Mountain Reservation, Pembina, Red River Settlement (Manitoba),...
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Dec 8, 20211 min read
Fiddling the Day Away
Metis fiddler, Alberta (ca.1900) - Reputed to be a Callihoo family member. Enhanced & colorized by Dibaajimowin (12/22/2020)
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Nov 16, 20211 min read
Remembering Louis Riel
After the Métis resistance was crushed by the invading European forces, following the defeat at Batoche in May 1885, the colonizers of...
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Oct 26, 20212 min read
J.B. Bottineau (in Memorium)
Jean Baptiste Bottineau (Boutineau), a French-Chippewa, mixed blood, successful fur-trader, surveyor, real estate broker, lawyer, justice...
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Oct 24, 20210 min read
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Oct 11, 20211 min read
Sub Chiefs of Little Shell III
Hereditary chiefs were usually served by four worthy men who acted as sub-chief, or headmen. In this capacity, these men would dispense...
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