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Métis Kinship in Northwestern Ontario: A Tale of Two Families

Julia Grummitt In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Métis communities emerged across a region of North America ...
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Royal Canadian Mint Silver Collector Coin Honours Métis Leader and Father of Manitoba Louis Riel

WINNIPEG, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a fine silver Special Edition Proof Dollar marking the 175th anniversary of the birth of Louis Riel. In addition to ...
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‘In the blink of an eye, we lost so much.’ Worst wildfire season in Canadian history wreaking havoc on Indigenous communities

EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her ...
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Rocking Spurs Graphic Novel Causes Canadian Racial Identity Uproar

Rocking Spurs: The Anti-Bullying Tour, is a graphic novel adaptation of the novel Rocking Ten by author KD Beckett, and drawn by Robert Plante. Intended to investigate Indigenous identity in Canada, ...