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Metis Nation era – Memoirs & Memories

McKay, The Honourable James

Booklet published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

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    Metis Nation - Joseph Godon - Rock Lake

    Joseph Godon was one of the well-known Metis leaders in the district north of Rock Lake Manitoba. He was born near Pembina North Dakota to a family associated with Alexander Henry's trading station at Pembina, but he lived most of his life in the Rock Lake district.

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      Paul Kane's Frontier - Harper - pt 2 (1840)

      A study of the artist's work and his experiences during his time on the prairies.

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        The Great Lone Land - 1872 - Sir William Francis Butler (1865)

        Butler's memoir of his exploration of the prairies in the early 1870s.

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          The Red River Settlement - 1856 - Alexander Ross (1810)

          An early history of the Red River Colony.

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            Toward a Prairie Atonement - Trevor Herriot - 2016 (1938)

            The story of the Metis of Ste. Madeleine.

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