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boys were dressed as girls in 1600's until they were 4 or 5 years old. They dressed as miniature womens costumes then when they were 6 they dressed as men.

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A metis father and son readying a boat.

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Louis Riel gathered  help from other metis to  forcefully stopped McDougal from crossing the border than the metis took over Fort Gary

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Animals the Metis hunted      1. Plains Buffalo             2.Mule Deer                    3.Moose                 4.Pronghorn antelope 5.Prairie bush rabbit          6.Elk                                  7.Sage grouse              8.Prairie chicken             9.Duck                          10.Geese

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Animals the Metis hunted      1. Plains Buffalo             2.Mule Deer                    3.Moose                 4.Pronghorn antelope 5.Prairie bush rabbit          6.Elk                                  7.Sage grouse              8.Prairie chicken             9.Duck                          10.Geese

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is a mixture of Dried buffalo,Berries, And fat they ate this because this gave them calories so that they can have energy and strength to go on with there day even if it tastes bad it can be very filling

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This was a special traditional dance that the Metis did at celebrations and evening events.

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Metis men wore a colorful sash around their waste that could be used as a washcloth, rope, bandage, towel or emergency saddle blanket.

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These are the living conditions of many of the Metis people in the 1860s. You can also see in front of the house that it looks like they grew their own crops -Hunter

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The National Committee of the Metis (mady)

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The National Committee of the Metis (mady)

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This committee was founded on October the 16th 1869. With John Bruce being the president of the committee and Louis Riel being the secretary.

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this was the metis flag and it was used before the battle of seven oaks in 1816. the metis had two flags which looked the exact same but were either blue or red. the blue was the colour of the north west company. the red was for the Hudson's bay company.

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Metis spoke a language called "Michif" which is a variation on the French word Metis. "Michif" was a mixture of French and native words and grammar.

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Thomas scott was executed for the uprising against Louis Riel s Government

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Pemmican was dried buffalo meat combined with a mixture of fat and berries. There was a specific reason they ate this and that reason was it's nutritional value. It was high in protein and fat so they could maintain a healthy weight. It was easy to make and carry which was necisary because they were nomadic.

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they would never stay in one place for too long

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From statistics from 1870 there was only a estimated 12 000 people living in Red River.The majority being metis and English half breed.

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Pemmican is dried buffalo meat mixed with fat and berries, it was a traditional metis snack

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the surveyors arrived at farm Andre Nault when Nault called louis Riel and other metis for help to get rid of the surveyors before they measured and tried to sell the land

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metis people used this wagon looking thing that they call the red river cart, they used this as a way of transportation.

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There were approximately 6,000 people living in red river.

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the Louis Riel's home is a traditional red river frame building, is now a national historic site.

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Their clothing was greatly inspired by the clothing of the French-Canadian fur traders (les coureurs des bois), as well as the Native clothing of the area.

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as well as french and English, many metis people of the red river region in the 1800s spoke a language called michif . it was mixture of french and cree. today, only a few metis speak michif,

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When enough buffalo had been shot the women arrived to skin and  quarter the carcases, which were then loaded on the carts and hauled back to camp.

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the metis are mixtures of first nations and also Europeans in 1800s  some were french- speaking and catholic.

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The metis loved to hunt buffalo's because  they thought that they would have a lot of meat that they could survive off of.

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This is the transportation that the metis people used. They built the entire thing out of wood and the outside was built of a frame box. With weels held together with wooden pegs and wet rawhide.