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Métis Children of Red River
Peter Rindisbacher, watercolour, “Métis family,” 1826. Métis Children of Red River Little information that relates specifically to Red River Métis children has been compiled by historia…
Louis David Riel (22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. Riel sought to preserve Métis rights and culture as their homelands. He rallied the French-speaking Metis and the English-speaking half breeds by stressing their common grievances with Eastern interests. He is regarded by many as a Canadian folk hero today. His arrest, trial, and execution…
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Ambroise Dydime Lepine, Metis leader during Red River rebellion. [ca. 1880s] Date: [ca. 1880s]
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Ambroise Dydime Lepine, Metis leader and son. [ca. 1880s]
Métis
Mixed blood Fur trader 1870 - Métis people (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Where Hails the Red River Ox?
by Larry T. Dake, Copyright 2010 Photo: Encylcopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America Red River fur-traders developed the Red River cart — but where did they get the ox? (In the early years of the 19th century the Red River carts were pulled exclusively by horses.) A man named Lord Selkirk was responsible. *Selkirk was born at Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (Kirkcudbrightshire is bounded on the north and northwest by Ayrshire — home of the Ayrshire cow); being the 5th Earl of…
Métis
ProvisionalMetisGovernment - Métis people (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia