One winter in the 1960's Keith Olsen, his brother and parents went out to a trapline on Little Mahigan Lake in Northern Saskatchwan. Olsen recounts how his family made a success of this way of life with 2 young boys.
Metis
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Author:Olsen, KeithSummary: - Author:Belcourt, HerbSummary:
An updated edition of Herb Belcourt’s remarkable life story with a brand-new foreword by the author. The eldest of ten children, Belcourt grew up in a small log home near the Métis settlement of Lac Ste. Anne during the Depression. His...
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Author:Herriot, TrevorSummary:In the wake of colonization, in a landscape of loss and dispossession, can we rediscover ways to share the land with other creatures and one another? Towards a Prairie Atonement addresses this question by enlisting the help of a Métis...
- Author:Herriot, TrevorSummary:
"In the wake of colonization, in a landscape of loss and dispossession, can we rediscover ways to share the land with other creatures and one another? Towards a Prairie Atonement addresses this question by enlisting the help of a...
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Author:Dumont, MarilynSummary:A picture of the Riel Resistance from one of Canada’s preeminent Métis poets
With a title derived from John A. Macdonald’s moniker for the Métis, The Pemmican Eaters explores Marilyn Dumont’s sense of...
- Author:Howse, JenniferSummary:
Provides information on the Métis with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
- Author:Lilburn, TimSummary:
"Louis Riel prophesied that a polyglot Metis nation would rise on the prairies five hundred years after his death, and that it would be called by the "joyous name" of the House of Charlemagne. This new polity would be...
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Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a...
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Author:Caron, MaiaSummary:This historical novel reimagines the North-West resistance of 1885 through the Métis women of Batoche, and in particular the rebellious outsider, Josette Lavoie. When Riel arrives from Montana, he discovers that Josette is the...
- Author:Saint-Pierre, Annette, Therrien, JoanneSummary:
De mère québécoise et de père autochtone, Martha essaie de prendre sa place dans le monde des Blancs et de cacher son ascendance métisse. Blessée par la vie, Martha fait marche arrière. Pourquoi sa mère est-elle venue au Manitoba et...
- Author:Peters, Evelyn, Stock, Matthew, Werner, AdrianSummary:
Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Couleeese were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the...
- Author:Freynet, RobertSummary:
Dans Riel, patriote, Robert Freynet nous transporte par le neuvième art au Canada de la Confédération. L’auteur met en scène le drame tragique de la vie du controversé chef métis Louis Riel, fondateur de la province du Manitoba et l’un...
- Author:Kulchyski, PeterSummary:
"A Report of an Inquiry into an Injustice" chronicles Peter Kulchyski’s experiences with the Begade Shutagot’ine, a small community of a few hundred people living in and around Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), on the Mackenzie...
- Author:Bouchard, DavidSummary:
This collection of lyrical poems and songs from bestselling author David Bouchard gives a voice to important figures in Métis history from the 17th century to the present day.
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Author:Davidson, DianaSummary:In the deep winter of 1891, on the Métis settlement of Lac St. Anne, known as Manito Sakahigan in Cree, "Spirit Lake" has been renamed for the patron saint of childbirth. It is here that people journey in search of tradition, redemption...
- Author:Guest, JacquelineSummary:
A 2012 Gold Moonbeam Award winner from Jacqueline Guest, recipient of the 2013 Indspire Award for the Arts.
After the death of her father, Kathryn must go to live with her Aunt Belle in Alberta. But a shock is in store for this...
- Author:Quan, HollySummary:
These inspiring true stories illuminate the courage and wisdom of five 19th-century Native leaders and famous Métis who fought against impossible odds to preserve the culture and rights of their people. The visionary Cree leader Big...
- Author:Reid, JenniferSummary:
Since he was tried and hanged for treason in November of 1885, Louis Riel has been the subject of more histories, biographies, novels, and poetry than any other figure in Canadian history. Politician, founder of Manitoba, and leader of...
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Author:Boyden, JosephSummary:Louis Riel, a controversial Métis mystic and visionary, fought for his people’s rights against an encroaching tide of white settlers. Hunter and Métis leader Gabriel Dumont, a man tested by warfare, was, in contrast, a pragmatic realist...
- Author:Cenerini, RhéalSummary:
Après une longue absence, James Coutu rentre chez lui, une petite communauté de pêcheurs métis sur les bords du Grand lac. Il revient, dit-il, pour rdonni la vie à lis ceuses ki nont pas. En ce faisant, il se met à dos des puissances...
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