Métis
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The Métis are a mixed-ancestry Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and th
Population distribution of self-identified Métis Canadians by census division, 2021 census
Contemporary lithograph of the Battle of Batoche
The Trapper's Bride by Alfred Jacob Miller, 1837
Métis fur trader, c. 1870
Métis buffalo hunting
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Métis buffalo hunting began on the North American plains in the late 1700s and continued until 1878. The great buffalo hunts were subsistence, political, economic, and military operations for Métis fa
Homes on narrow river lots along the Red River near St. Boniface in July, 1822 by Peter Rindisbacher
Paul Kane witnessed and participated in the annual Métis buffalo hunt in June 1846 on the prairies in Dakota.
Métis hunting camp in 1873 in the Three Buttes and Milk River Lake, Alberta region (lithograph)
Métis camp in 1874