Pseudo-Science to steal land
In 1906, Congress passed an Act (amended in 1907), authorizing mixed-blood Indians on White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, to sell the...
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Dibaajimowin
- Jun 10, 2022
- 3 min
Allotments and Inherited Wealth
The Homestead Act was passed on May 20, 1862, and signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, providing up to 160 acres of land free of cost. An...
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Dibaajimowin
- May 16, 2022
- 1 min
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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Dibaajimowin
- Mar 28, 2022
- 4 min
Enfranchisement of Women
Beginning with the Gradual Enfranchisement Act, and replicated in the Indian Act of 1876, Indian women who married non-treaty Indian men,...
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Dibaajimowin
- Mar 24, 2022
- 4 min
Beef. It's What's for Dinner
Following the dispersal of the Metis following the 1885 resistance, life was made difficult for many Metis. A significant number fled...
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Dibaajimowin
- Mar 23, 2022
- 10 min
A Year in the Life
A narrative covering the entire cycle of the year was recorded by anthropologist Frances Densmore, in 1929, which provides a unique look...
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Dibaajimowin
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
Strange Deaths after 7 Oaks
Sixty-five men accompanied Cuthbert Grant during the Battle at Frog Plain (aka Seven Oaks). Of this number, only one man was killed and...
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Dibaajimowin
- Mar 21, 2022
- 2 min
Indigenous Super-Food
By almost any account you read regarding the subsistence of the indigenous people of the prairies, it is indisputable that Pemmican was...
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Dibaajimowin
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
Blending and Benefit
How did the Métis become such a large part of the Turtle Mountain Band? The answer is complicated, but it is one that is based on...
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Dibaajimowin
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Metis Remembrances
Below are two stories found in an old copy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs news sheet "Indians at Work" - a publication that was printed...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
A Very Michif New Year
In his book, "Indian Boyhood", Charles Eastman (Sisseton Dakota) described the events of his first New Years celebration at a winter camp...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
Dashing through the snow
For the Ojibwe and other northern people, snow shoes (or aagime) were essential to winter travel, survival, and hunting. The wooden frame...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
About Ojibwe Fishing
Fishing was an industry which happened throughout entire year. In the late spring, the people would usually move directly from their...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Excitement of Camp
The carts used by the Red River half-breeds are peculiar to the landscape and the hunt, and are of uniform make. They are constructed...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Beginning of the End
In 1860, it was reported that the annual Metis buffalo hunt started around June 15th. At that time, there were two great hunts – one...
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Dibaajimowin
- Dec 1, 2021
- 10 min
A Year in the Life
The cycle of life across the course of a year shows an advanced understanding of the natural world. This traditional ecological knowledge...
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Dibaajimowin
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
A Very Michif Christmas
Christmas is a time for traditions and being with family. It is a special time when we express our culture and our love of family. For...
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Dibaajimowin
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Wild Rice as a Medicine
​The use of wild rice as a food by the Anishinaabe is well established. However, its use as a medicine was a unique distinction. In some...
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Dibaajimowin
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
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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Dibaajimowin
- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Funeral Fire
It is the custom of the Ojibwe people to light and maintain a fire in the days following the death of a member of the tribe. How did this...
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