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There were great spaces of clear sky and prairie grass…

More than four hundred years ago………….Page 3

First Nations men and women helped the newcomers…….Page 5

The newcomers married First Nations women and had children…….Page 6

New Nation The Metis borrowed some of their ideas from their mothers’ way of life and some from their fathers’.

Large, closeMetis families…..

Most communities were really one very big family…

There were different kinds of Metis communities…..

People funished their homes with tables, beds and chairs that were all made by hand…

A long time ago, a French nun came to live in a Metis community……silk thread embroidery…….Page 12

Great buffalo huntPage 14

The Metis ……worked hard…..carried heavy loads….Page 15

Many Metis were traders.Page 16

Women knew the land in their own way….

Women made all the clothing for their families.

Metis capotes were most often made from blue wool blankets. A bright red sash kept the capote closed…..

Their horses wore beautifully decorated pad saddles, saddle blankets and bridles……

Red River carts were made of wood…… Page 21

Winter travel was done by cariole and dog team…..

The “Red River Jig” was danced very quickly……

The Metis way of life has changed…….

Metis people are still strong! Page 26

Metis fiddle, sash, flag…..

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