It takes more than a village to make a work of art. Here is one of our newest team members, Editor Virginia Durksen. I've worked with many, many editors and I believe Virginia is amongst the very best.
Winnipeg Member of Parliament Robert Falcon-Ouellette talks about the founder of a Manitoba, Louis Riel. Robert's ancestor was a member of the group who travelled to Montana to bring Riel back to Batoche.
some Cree-Michif - I catch only some of the nouns, 'lii fraises', 'lii pommes', 'la violon' 'L'Bon Dju' (the good God)... see our website for a discussion of the languages ... we were in St Laurent and will be working with the people there as translators and also with Cree-Michif speakers. I met Norman Fleury last year at the John Arcand Fiddle Fest. I find the comments from below the video to be very poignant:
Fabulous little history of Green Lake, a vibrant Metis community that was once very important in the pemmican trade on the voyageur highway. Team HoTN visited Green Lake on our way to Ile-à-Lacrosse and Buffalo Narrows last year and had the chance to meet the mayor of Green Lake, Rick Richardson and the great medicine woman Rose Ric Richardson.
