In the years before the Mennonites arrived in Manitoba, the Red River Métis, using Red River carts, had established a robust trade along the Dawson Trail, carrying goods as well as the people who were ...

a Metis woman. “Despite living rough, he was very successful in the early years, in the early 1840s,” Hardy said. From Pembina, Rolette organized the first Red River ox cart trains between ...

For example, the Inuit are represented by polar bears and a traditional wooden kayak, while a Red River cart represents the Métis. “When you think about students, we’re journeying and we’re trying to ...

St. Albert Métis Elder Gary Gairdner said he and a few others came up with the idea for the trading post about a year and a half ago while discussing ways to promote Indigenous heritage in this ...

In not showing up to the session, today’s lawmakers are following in the footsteps of a Minnesota territorial legislator ...

Many such unions occurred during the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries in the Red River area of Manitoba. But by no means all. The 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recognized Métis ...

The Red River Expedition, commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, aimed to explore the Red River Valley and its surrounding territories. Led by Captain Richard Sparks, Thomas Freeman ...

This time, Koncan dives into the Métis Red River Resistance of 1869-1870. Rather than dedicate the piece to the faceoff between Métis leader Louis Riel and the colonial powers, Koncan lets ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - The Red River Expressway is a toll bridge that will connect south Bossier and south Shreveport in hopes of making traveling easier for the two booming areas, but it's been a ...