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Go back in time with us and find out where Métis people first began populating the Canadian landscape. From the Métis origin to the different foods used in cooking and harvesting methods to get the ingredients. Learn the history of Métis dress and beading then have fun with the evolution of the Métis jig, music, and art.

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Discover the origins of the Michif language and the work that is being done to preserve it in Canada.

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Podcast

Calvin Racette – Losing the Michif Language

Apr 16, 2021

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In this episode, Elder Calvin Racette teaches us about why Michif language is endangered today, the Road Allowance experience, and how racism and exclusion affected him and the language.

“The language of commerce was always English. Michif was never allowed…there was no place for it. They never taught it in schools. It never got endorsed in any of the universities…it was just ignored.”

Elder Calvin Racette

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