Métis communities throughout the Métis Homeland have vibrant and diverse ways of life grounded in the lands and waters that surround...

George McPherson (Sr.) was born in the Northwest around 1814.   At the age of sixteen, he began his career with the Hudson’s Bay Company...

Historians and academics have described Métis in what is now Ontario as “jacks-of-all-trades”, whose adaptability and resiliency have...

Fishing has been a prominent profession within Métis communities across the Métis Homeland for generations, forming an important part of...

Throughout the fur trade era, Métis employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company—such as Thomas Favill, Nicholas...

Throughout the 19th century fur trade, Métis fishing was essential to the survival of Hudson’s Bay Company posts at Lac la Pluie (Fort...