Jean Baptiste Bottineau (Boutineau), a French-Chippewa, mixed blood, successful fur-trader, surveyor, real estate broker, lawyer, justice...

In the rough and rowdy days that followed the first Metis resistance in 1869, there was a climate of general lawlessness and rowdiness...

In traditional Indigenous communities, music and dance are some of the most important ways to preserve and promote culture and to bring...

St. Joseph (now known as Walhalla) was, at one time, the “Métis capitol of North Dakota”. The community is located in northern North...

In 1850, Minnesota Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey was trying to solidify the position of his territory to become one of the United...

Whereas, nowadays, there is much discussion and debate over what/who constituted the historical Metis Nation and who is/isn't a Metis...

During the summer of 1848, the Nakawiniuk Band of Ojibwe-Metis – consisting of over 1,000 Red River carts, 800 Metis men, 200 Ojibwe men,...

VIA Manitoba Metis Federation: https://www.manitobametis.com/news/mmf-withdraws-from-mnc-focus-on-being-the-national-voice-for-the-red-ri...

The Red River cart was capable of carrying nearly a thousand pounds of cargo – faster and several times more efficiently than a...

Our people ate mostly wild game and berries that grow in the local area. They grew gardens; they ate ducks, geese, grouse, partridge,...

In an 1865 letter to Army Headquarters, Alfred Sully, commander of the Northwest Indian Expedition, described his travels from their...

The manner in which the Red River Metis hunted the buffalo was an often spectacular event, with wild horseback rides by the stalwart...