The People of Red River Settlement before Confederation. Red River Settlement was a colony built at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers long before Confederation. It would become the city of Winnipeg. It became an official colony in 1812 with the arrival of settlers from the Scottish Highlands, known today as Selkirk Settlers....
Métis and Saulteaux Identities.
73 x 14 beads. Black, yellow, white.
The Red River cart was invented around 1800 by Métis employees of Alexander Henry at the Pembina fur trading post. The carts were made entir...
THE VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF MÉTIS HISTORY AND CULTURE. Part of a Hivernant Métis buffalo hunting camp on the Milk River, July-August, 1874. Half the camp had already left to hunt buffalo in the nearby Cypress Hills. Note the characteristic Red River carts. Joint International Boundary Commission photo, image from Boissevain Community Archives. JE
A part of Indigenous history is being replicated by an Alberta man, fulfilling a dream building red river carts. It's hoped it will showcase the brave journey of the Métis people.
Canada Post has issued a stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the Red River Resistance of 1869-70 when Métis protected their families and asserted their rights during the turbulent events leading up to the creation of the province of Manitoba. The stamp was unveiled next to the historic Gate of Upper Fort Garry – now a park – the seat of Riel’s Provisional Government and the site of the Métis ratification of the Manitoba Act.
Taanishi Books Series 2 contains 9 books under 3 different themes, all relating to Métis culture written in Michif and English. The themes in Series 2 include: 1. Transportation-Red River Carts The Wheels on the Red River Cart My Red River Cart Red River Cart Journey 2. Relationship with Nature Tasty Berries Medicine Picking with Kohkum The Very Scary Beary Pick 3. Clothing-Capotes. My Capote How to Make a Capote Mooshoom's Capote The Michif and English versions are accompanied by an audio narrations of both the Michif and French editions of the books. Levelling and lesson plans included in the books apply only to the English text. Michif translations and narrations by Norman Fleury. All titles also available with Michif and French text! Taanishi Books Series 1 available here!
The Sinclair Expedition took place in the summer and fall of 1841 when the University of Edinburgh educated Métis guide and leader James Sinclair led 22 Red River families from Fort Garry in what is now Winnipeg to Fort Vancouver, in what is now Oregon.
DUMONT, GABRIEL, Métis hunter, merchant, ferryman, and political and military leader; b. December 1837 in the Red River settlement (Man.), second son of Isidore Dumont, known as Ekapow, and Louise Laframboise; m. 7 Sept. 1857 Madeleine Wilkie at St Joseph (Walhalla, N.Dak.); they had no children but adopted a son and daughter; d. 19 May 1906 in Bellevue (St-Isidore-de-Bellevue), Sask.
Call of the Fiddle completes the trilogy of a young boy as he embraces his Métis heritage and carries on his family’s traditions. Wilfred Burton and Anne Patton capture Batoche’s history and significance with their words, while Sherry Farrell Racette brings the land and Métis culture to life with her vibrant illustrations. Join Nolin one last time as he hears the rollicking rhythm of the “Red River Jig,” learns of tearful memories, and experiences the excitement of jigging at Batoche! ISBN: 978-1-926795-04-1 Authors: Wilfred Burton and Anne Patton Illustrator: Sherry Farrell Racette Translator: Norman Fleury Grade Level: Primary Format: Book/CD, English/Michif-Cree
Brooch by JGB
In the story of the struggle for dominance on the Southern Plains and its place in the history of the Southwest, there remains one principal chapter. It is the saga of the Red River War of 1874-75, and the final wresting of the area by the U.S. Army from the Comanche, Southern Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Arapaho who had dominated the region two centuries.
RED RIVER (1948) Howard Hanks, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
