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Métis Emerge “in the shadows of the HBC post”
The Métis of Rainy Lake and Rainy River—known today as the Northwestern Ontario Métis Community—are one of the many distinct Métis...
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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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Commercial Fishing Across the Métis Homeland
Fishing has been a prominent profession within Métis communities across the Métis Homeland for generations, forming an important part of...
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Métis Professions on the Lakes and Rivers
Many of the oldest Métis settlements in west-central North America emerged along the frequently travelled waterways of the fur trade....
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Métis Occupations in the Rainy Lake Region
Throughout the fur trade era, Métis employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company—such as Thomas Favill, Nicholas...
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