Métis Culture 101
August 4, 2011 3 Comments
The following is a sidebar to my previous post about Metisfest. I threw in the Youtube tune so you can listen to a nice Metis march while you read.
- Copote: Traditional outerwear made from a Hudson Bay blanket, secured with a woven sash.
- Infinity flag: The Métis national flag, featuring a white infinity symbol usually on a blue field.
- Metchif: Métis language spoken widely by North Dakota’s Turtle Mountain tribe. “Our verbs are Cree, our nouns are French,” says Goodon.
- Pemmican: Meat (buffalo, deer, elk) dried with berries. Made and sold by Métis to other Voyageurs and explorers, Pemmican was portable and prevented scurvy.
- Red River cart: Wooden ox or horse cart used by early Métis to haul trade goods.
- Voyageur: French for traveler, voyageurs were fur traders who traveled by canoe.
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