BACK to BATOCHE Metis Journey & Trail Ride, Man. / Sask. 2005


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BACK to BATOCHE Metis Journey & Trail Ride



BACK to BATOCHE Metis Journey & Trail Ride, Man. / Sask. 2005

The Red River Metis Heritage Group, is travelling by Red River Cart, horses and wagons from Winnipeg to Batoche to celebrate the Metis culture. The first leg of the journey began the summer of 2004, from St. Norbert, Manitoba, an important location in Manitoba's history and site of the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870 The final part of the journey, the following summer, will end in Batoche Saskatchewan, site of the Final Battle of the Northwest Resistance of 1885, on time for their Batoche Days celebration. We will be passing through Saskatchewan, between Pelly and Batoche, in the Province's Centennial year, 2005!

We need to inquire: Has anyone collected any recent documentation, maps, knowlege of existing dirt roads ( no gravel ) on or near: The Pelly Trail, western part of the Carlton Trail, or anywhere in between Pelly & Batoche, our next route. Safety of the horses is important. Contact Trail Boss: Armand Jerome

For more information and an invitation to join our journey along the way

For photos and information about the first leg of the journey Google search: Parkland Tourism Manitoba



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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:10:48 -0500
From: "Jeanette Jerome"  
Subject: Reunion of Red River Descendants 
To: saskgenweb@yahoo.com



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The following excerpted from Métis - Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots
In the Red River Colony area were Cree, Ojibway, French and English. Hivernants were winterers who would seasonally leave their Red River Valley homes to be nearer the buffalo and then return. The Métis had settled in seignioral fashion along the Saskatchewan river front with long narrow strips expanding away from the river as the family size increased. The Red River Colony was on the St. Lawrence- Great Lakes- Saskatchewan River Route and was a major fur trading center for the North West company (1760-1821).

From 1835-1890 the Métis left the Red River Settlement. Wood Mountain, Moose Jaw Gen Web region, became the new home of 40 families who left St. François Xavier and Pembina in 1869. St. François Xavier Métis also left to the Battleford area in 1869 following the vanishing buffalo herds. There were those who claimed half breed scrip in the South Saskatchewan River Valley and formed settlement places of Duck Lake, St. Laurent (now called St.Laurent-Grandin), St. Louis de Langevin, Batoche and nearby Domremy in the provisional district of Saskatchewan, North West Territories. 187 St. François Xavier Parish Métis left the Red River Colony in 1870 for this area along the South Saskatchewan River. Before 1870 only 30 of this parish had departed. (These areas are in the Saskatoon Region Gen Web Region pages) As well Métis moved south to the U.S.A. and further west to Fort Edmonton. St. Andrews Parish Métis, Red River Colony moved to Victoria, and Saskatchewan River Forks area (Kindersley Gen Web Region). In the Swift Current Gen Web Region, Chimney Coulee near Eastend, Saskatchewan was so named for the chimneys which remained from Métis cabins which were built in the late 1800's. Touchwood Hills and Lebret were two Métis setlements of the Yorkton Gen Web Region. A little further north Métis settled at Perigord (Kamsack Gen Web Region ) Métis left St. Boniface parish, Red River Colony before 1870 which was 12.5% of the parish. Only 7% of the new province of Manitoba remained Métis, 80% of the Métis migrated elsewhere.

See also Table 6: Dispersal and relocation of the Manitoba Métis from The genealogy of the first Metis nation : the development and dispersal of the Red River Settlement,1820-1900 written by Frye, R. P., Sprague, D. N. (Douglas N.), French-Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots and Canadian-Saskatchewan, Métis - Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots and The Story of the Canadian People: The Nor'-Westers oppose the Selkirk settlement and Earl of Selkirk's settlement upon the Red River web pages.

Red River Descendants Reunion