by Admin | Mar 28, 2018 | Member Articles, Metis History
~Source: Article and photos by Roxann Barker, Photojournalist A lifelong “collector”, Todd Fontaine, a man who is passionate in his quest for items that piece together a rich and vibrant history of the Metis, is overjoyed that his daughter, Carmella, shares in her...
by Admin | May 1, 2017 | Metis History
Much of what we know of Ots-Toch is third-hand accounts. A Mohawk woman born in the village at Canajahorie, her birth was not written in official records, and most of what is known about her birth is in context of her life. Ots-Toch was born to a woman who in her own...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Member Articles, Metis History
This post was first seen in the February 2009 Edition of Feathers In The Wind. Written by Spencer Alexander, Longtime OMFRC Friend and Member. The story of early European contact with the Aboriginal people of North America has many faces, few if any of them are...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Member Articles
-Written by S. Moen, OMFRC Member. Seen in the May-June 2016 edition of Feathers In The Wind. What if I were to tell you that the Métis Nation was much larger than history allows us to perceive and has a much more complicated history than that ordinarily known? As...
by Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Metis History
In 1604, two French ships sailed along the coast of what would become Acadia. An expedition consisting of a diverse group of adventurers and entrepreneurs were embarking on an adventure that would help shape a country and a culture. Several years before this historic...
