Sounds of jigs, reels and quadrilles will fill Lewistown next weekend when the 20th annual Metis Celebration and Powwow brings Metis to town to acknowledge their unique culture, with Native American ...

Recapturing and preserving the history of the Metis people is the topic of a panel discussion today at the Pioneer Heritage Center at Icelandic State Park, near Cavalier, N.D. The event, sponsored by ...

(ANNews) – Jigging is a traditional Métis dance that’s existed on Turtle Island for hundreds of years and has been passed down for generations. Nineteen-year-old Kenton Alook is a two-spirit ...

Over the past 41 years, Therese Seesequasis has trained more than 160 dancers who have never lost a competition. She even helped design their award-winning costumes. Therese Seesequasis Dance is a ...

Calling All Captains may play pop-punk shows filled with people moshing at night, but lead vocalist Luc Gauthier has another passion by day—Métis dancing. Gauthier is Métis, which is an indigenous ...

This story is part of Resonate: Songs of Resilience in recognition of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day. CBC Indigenous with CBC Unreserved celebrates communities ...

Felice Gladue has a deep passion for sharing her Métis culture with children, but she says for a brief time, her own kids were her toughest audience. Felice, whose Métis ancestry comes from St.

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Dance is a powerful expression of culture and there was a time in Canada when it was illegal for Indigenous People to perform traditional dances. An 1895 amendment to the Indian Act prohibited “any ...