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...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jun 9
- 2 min
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...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jun 8
- 2 min
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...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jun 5
- 1 min
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...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jun 5
- 2 min
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...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jun 5
- 2 min
A 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...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jun 1
- 3 min
The Sacking of Pembina
During the fall of 1811, Lord Selkirk tasked a group of settlers under the command of Capt. Miles McDonnell with creating a new...
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Dibaajimowin
- Mar 26
- 3 min
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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Dibaajimowin
- Feb 21
- 2 min
The Old Woman in the Woods
An old Kukum lived alone in a small cabin the woods. Her children had grown up and had their own homes, but she was content to live in...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
The Christmas Season at Turtle Mountain in North Dakota
The old French end Indian spirit of Christmas begins at Christmas Eve with midnight mass. After the services are over we all begin to...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
A Happy People...
An 1867 report on the indigenous population of the Red River Valley on the US side of the border of the newly created Dakota Territory by...
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Dibaajimowin
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
A Hivernant Metis Camp
Situated in the sparse timber bordering a small tributary of the Saskatchewan River, the community consisted of French half-breed hunters...
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Dibaajimowin
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
A Sanctified Hunt (1850)
In the fall of 1850, Father Albert Lacombe – whom served the Red River Metis from 1849-1852, and later became priest at Lac Ste. Anne,...
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Dibaajimowin
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
A Tragic Battle on the Red River near Pembina (1840)
In the early 1900s, an account of a battle between the Ojibwe and Mandan was recounted by Flying Nice – a warrior of the Pembina (Turtle...
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Dibaajimowin
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
NORTH DAKOTA METIS MEETING IN GRAND FORKS
ATTENTION US-BASED METIS - UPCOMING MEETING The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) will be coming to Grand Forks, ND to hold a Community...
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Dibaajimowin
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
Venison Wild Rice Stew
Wild Rice season is here, and hunting season is fast upon us, so here is a simple recipe for using your Wild Rice and your Venison in a...
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Dibaajimowin
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
Wild Rice Season: 1915
Ricing season is upon us. So in honor of this important time of the year, here are some unique, early historical photos of Wild Rice...
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Dibaajimowin
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
The Unique Red River People
In the 1885 book “The Indian sign language”, a very detailed description of the Red River Half-breeds is given by the author, with a...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
The Rules of the Hunt
One of the most important roles of the okitcita (or warriors) was to regulate the tribal buffalo hunt of the Anishinaabek. Their main job...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
Ojibwe Lacrosse (1804)
When assembled in the summer season at the Company's forts, or at any other general rendezvous, it is customary with them [the Ojibwe],...
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