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Turner Family Pt. 4: Elizabeth Turner
Elizabeth Turner was baptized at Moose Factory on June 30, 1822, alongside her brothers, Joseph Jr. and Philip. Elizabeth grew up...
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Turner Family Pt. 3: Joseph Jr.’s Journey
Following his apprenticeship at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Island Lake District headquarters near Lake Winnipeg, Joseph Turner Jr....
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Turner Family Pt. 2: Joseph Jr. Joins the HBC
Joseph Turner Jr. was born into the Métis world of the coastal and inland fur trade posts of western James Bay in 1816 and was baptized...
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Turner Family Pt. 1: Moose Factory Origins
Joseph Turner Sr., a devoted servant of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), began his career in 1799 at the depot at Moose Factory, a key...
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Celebrating Métis “jacks-of-all-trades”
Historians and academics have described Métis in what is now Ontario as “jacks-of-all-trades”, whose adaptability and resiliency have...
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Métis Interpreters and Guides
Throughout history, Métis across the Homeland have found employment using their fluency in a diverse array of languages. Prominent...
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