The battle over a cultural symbol between Métis and non-Indigenous residents of a Saskatchewan village has finally been put to rest.

The Red River cart is a unique Manitoba invention. Its wheels are concave and are larger than those found on most carts around the world, features that are designed for it to roll smoothly over ...

What was meant to bring together Métis and non-Indigenous residents of a Saskatchewan village has turned into a battle over who owns a symbol of its legacy. A historically accurate Red River cart was ...

As the northern Red River trade grew, primarily around the growing Métis city of Pembina, but also through new trade routes for the Hudson’s Bay company, ox-cart trails became longer and more ...

Image | red river cart. Caption: This Red River cart is at the centre of controversy in the RM of Kellross. Members from Metis Local #8 want it back and made their case to the RM's council Friday.

MOORHEAD - The mid-19th-century version of a pickup truck or semi had an annoyingly shrill screech and wasn't exactly a comfortable ride, but Red River carts were an important mode of ...

PABLO - The Red River Cart, hand hewn from native pine, aspen and cottonwood, and lashed together with bison hide and sinew, was a vital tool of the Metis, or Buffalo People, in the 1700s and ...

Role of Red River cart highlighted in celebration of Riel's 175th birthday "I just find it very intriguing how ingenious our ancestors were. You know, there was a problem to move stuff back and ...

The 2020 Red River Métis Expedition took off from Kenora on Tuesday on the first leg of the 160-km journey to Upper Fort Garry near Winnipeg.

The Red River cart is historically and culturally significant as a primary mode of transportation for Métis people on the Prairies during the 19th-century fur trade. Roy had applied for grants from ...