2018 Newsletter Archives
In This Issue: A Member Writes – A Member Shares – A Member Writes – Harry Daniels: A Metis Man for the People – Making Buckskin Mittens with the Urban Aboriginal – Pre-Contact Native American Food with Mariah Gladstone – The No-Till Gardening Revolutions: Why Farmers are Putting Down Their Plows – A Message from the OMFRC – Painted Feather Woodland Metis Community – Metis Bursaries and Scholarships 2018 – Community Happenings: Metis Hunting and Trapping Talk – The Manuscript of Violet Lalonde – Marie-Louise: Protector of Louis Riel in Quebec – History Matters: Will Jackson served as Riel’s Secretary – How DNA Testing Botched my Family’s Heritage, and Probably Yours Too – The Inuit Woman Who Survived the Arctic Alone
In This Issue: A Member Writes – Picking Save and Great Advice from an Elder (Video) – Antidepressant Microbes in Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy – Meet the Native American Artists Whose Hand-Beaded Skate Shoes Have Become A Sensation – ‘One In A Million’ yellow cardinal spotted in Alabama – Traditional Foods & Recipes on the Wild Side (PDF) – Dogs in the Early Americas: The unbreakable bond with Native Americans and Dogs – Celebrating Black History Month:..George White, African Native American in Congress (1852-1918) – On The Blog: Marie Miteouamegoukoue and Pierre Couc-Lafleur – Founders of A Legacy – Metis Bursaries and Scholarships 2018 – “Many don’t understand that Metis Communities were destroyed”, human rights museum launches tour devoted to Metis history – ‘This is epic’: HIstorical novel traces Metis author’s family history with Louis Riel – I Journeyed Deep Into Indigenous Knowledge to Seek The Human Spirit
Saving the Nokota horse breed, a descendent from Sitting Bull’s horses, from extinction (Video)-A woman spent 14 years photographing our planet’s oldest trees, and here are the results- Educational Tool: Treaties and the Treaty Relationship – How To Build A Root Cellar-Tutorial – Indigenous woman wins 50 kilometer race wearing a skirt and sandals – On The Blog: The Life And Times of Catherine Annennontak – From residential school to one of Manitoba’s 1st Indigenous nurses – On The Blog: Blankets, Beads and Birch Bark; The “Quintessential” Eessentials of Early Metis History” – University of Victoria to offer world’s first degree program in Indigenous law – What do Indigenous mythologies and Biblical creation stories have in common? – Nativeland.ca – Métis Bursaries and Scholarships 2018 – For Indigenous people, ‘Indian Horse’ is much more than a movie
Chief Mary Lou Parker has spent a lifetime working for the Métis- A Member Writes – Coming-of-age story Métis Mutt gets a boost with new theatrical presentation- 40 DIY Fire Pit Ideas- LEARN HOW TO CAN YOUR OWN VENISON – There’s a massive free catalogue of Indigenous films online – and we have 6 picks to get you started – Lakota Traditional People Celebrated In Beautiful Photo Series By Nancy G – On The Blog: Anne Mouflet and Jacques Rene Tsiheme – A Brave Couple in a Harsh Time – ROM’s newly reopened Indigenous galleries ‘a great beginning’ – An Ethnographic Report on the Acadian-Métis (Sang-Mêlés) People of Southwest Nova Scotia – Indian Horse and the challenge of telling the same truth from book to screen – Willingness to help led to Order of Canada – Science Corner: Ancient DNA Reveals a Completely Unknown Population of Native Americans – Blackfoot First Nations give traditional blessing at Waterton Lakes National Park and honour two Parks Canada’s team members with traditional names – Reaching our ancestors – Meet Snowguard: Marvel Comics’ new Inuk teen superhero- Métis Bursaries and Scholarships 2018
In This Issue ‘It’s a sign of respect’: Non-Indigenous U of R PhD student writes thesis abstract in Cree – How To Make Delicious Wine, Coffee, Jelly, and Even Bread from Dandelions – Tecumseh: The Last Warrior – Native Tribes Into One Nation (Movie) – When Sweat Lodge Was Human – When It’s Okay (or Not) to Feed Birds – Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation hosts Canadian military to celebrate friendship -On The Blog: Laura Secord and the Natives – Heroes of Canada – ‘We’re reclaiming our heritage’: The controversial rise of the Eastern Metis – On The Blog: The National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. – These Asian hunter-gatherers may have been the first people to domesticate horses – The surprising connection between 1938 recordings and the Anishinaabe woman who tracked them down – Looting of Metis Possessions Poses Barrier to Reconciliation ‘A dark history’: -Muskowekwan First Nation fights to save former residential school building
Congratulations Grads! – Finding Pte. Thomas Godchere: An Anishinaabe family’s journey to honour a fallen soldier – VIDEO: ‘He’s a natural’: Dancing toddler steals the show at Camrose powwow – How to Build a Straw Bale Garden – Music of the Métis – The amazing moment a bird of prey does a loop-the-loop (Photos) – This Month’s Focus on our Community – A Conversation with Sculptor Ernie Fauvelle – Wikwemikong First Nation and tech firm launch new Anishinaabemowin app – Community Spotlight: William Buchholtz (Mamaazhi Makwa -Conquering Bear) – Polaris prize nominee uses original recordings of ancestors singing for new album – Community Spotlight: Monica Alexander – The Festival of Saint John and St John’s Wort (Hypericum Perforatum) – The Perils of DNA Testing “A dog DNA debacle”