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A Native American NFL Franchise?

The Oorang Indians were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio (near Marion). The franchise was put together...

Manoomin as Medicine

The use of wild rice as a food by the Anishinaabek is well established. However, its use as a medicine was a unique distinction that...

Black Duck's Sacrifice

Makadeshib (Black Duck) was a brave warrior and early chief of the Pembina Band of Ojibwe. He maintained his home camps and hunted at...

Spying 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...

More than 1,300 Buffalo in a single day

Noted fur trader, Alexander Ross, described a Metis and Ojibwe hunting expedition that took place in 1840. According to Ross, two...