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“Threads of the Sash within their collective identity”
As part of their independent year-long study of the seven historic Métis communities in northern Ontario, the Métis National Council...


Métis Spring Traditions in Mattawa
In addition to Métis family ties and a vibrant culture of music and dance rooted in the fiddle and jigs, as early as the 1840s, Métis...


Métis Winter Holiday Parties
Métis communities across the Homeland have grand celebrations during the winter holiday season. Christmas and New Year’s became...


Sara Mary Moore: Métis Matriarch
Sara Mary Moore was born in Moose Factory in 1818. Her Métis father, George Moore Jr., was a steersman with the Hudson’s Bay Company...


Mattawa Métis Families’ Connections Westward
The Métis families in Mattawa did not exist in isolation from other Métis families and communities. They were connected to other Métis...


Historical Records of Métis in the Mattawa Region
In letters, journals, and reports from the 1820s through the 1850s, missionaries, government officials, and Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC)...
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