DibaajimowinJun 5, 20231 min readMetisSpying on Metis Communities (1885)Prior to the battles of the 1885 resistance, the RCMP circulated a report that discussed the conditions of the Metis in the northwest of...
DibaajimowinJun 5, 20232 min readAnishinaabekMore than 1,300 Buffalo in a single dayNoted fur trader, Alexander Ross, described a Metis and Ojibwe hunting expedition that took place in 1840. According to Ross, two...
DibaajimowinJun 5, 20232 min readMetisA Few Metis Communities (1895)The Report of the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force for 1895 discusses a few Metis communities that were being visited...
DibaajimowinJun 1, 20233 min readMetisThe Sacking of PembinaDuring the fall of 1811, Lord Selkirk tasked a group of settlers under the command of Capt. Miles McDonnell with creating a new...