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The High Cost of Métis “Jobbers”
After the North West Company (NWC) and Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) merged in 1821, many longtime Métis employees chose to branch out on...
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“I was thinkin of de ice”
Métis mail carriers like Louis Miron and Michel Labatte carried harrowing tales of service and survival. Many reflected on navigating the...
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Sharing Seasonal Métis Knowledge
Across the Métis Homeland, Métis communities’ deep seasonal knowledge has enabled them to practice a distinct way of life and sustain...
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A Common Métis Way of Life: River Lots
The Métis are connected by far more than discrete and singular moments of collective political action, like the Battle of Seven Oaks that...
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Maple Sugaring on Métis River Lots
Historically, the Métis at Sault Ste. Marie had a diversified economy grounded in their community’s River Lots, as well as in the lands...
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Boissonneau Family Pt. 3: Agawa Bay
Following their Métis community’s exclusion from the Robinson-Huron Treaty and displacement from their River Lot home on the St. Mary’s...
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