While harvesting for food and furs occurred throughout the year around Northern Lake Superior, it took expert knowledge of the waters and...

Métis across the Homeland relied on fishing for sustenance throughout the year. Not only did fishing provide food to Métis communities,...

Many parts of the Métis Homeland are known for their harsh winters, and the Rainy Lake District is no exception. Throughout the historic...

In 1845, the government opened lands north of Lake Huron for settlement and began negotiating treaties in the region. These newly opened...

As Métis boys who grew up learning from their fur trader father in the vibrant fur trading posts of the Upper Great Lakes, Henry, Pierre...

Growing up in the heart of the historic fur trade, the Sayer brothers—Henry, Pierre Guillaume, and John Charles—were part the emergent...