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There were great spaces of clear sky and prairie grass…
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More than four hundred years ago………….Page 3
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First Nations men and women helped the newcomers…….Page 5
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The newcomers married First Nations women and had children…….Page 6
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New Nation The Metis borrowed some of their ideas from their mothers’ way of life and some from their fathers’.
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Large, closeMetis families…..
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Most communities were really one very big family…
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There were different kinds of Metis communities…..
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People funished their homes with tables, beds and chairs that were all made by hand…
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A long time ago, a French nun came to live in a Metis community……silk thread embroidery…….Page 12
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Great buffalo huntPage 14
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The Metis ……worked hard…..carried heavy loads….Page 15
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Many Metis were traders.Page 16
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Women knew the land in their own way….
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Women made all the clothing for their families.
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Metis capotes were most often made from blue wool blankets. A bright red sash kept the capote closed…..
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Their horses wore beautifully decorated pad saddles, saddle blankets and bridles……
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Red River carts were made of wood…… Page 21
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Winter travel was done by cariole and dog team…..
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The “Red River Jig” was danced very quickly……
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The Metis way of life has changed…….
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Metis people are still strong! Page 26
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Metis fiddle, sash, flag…..
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