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 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
- 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 8, 2022
- 2 min
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
- Apr 13, 2022
- 6 min
Bear Woman: A Tragic Tale
There once was an Ojibwe girl who lived a very tragic life. She was one of three surviving members of a family of seven, the others...
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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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