Felice Gladue has a deep passion for sharing her Métis culture with children, but she says for a brief time, her own kids were her toughest audience. Felice, whose Métis ancestry comes from St.

When Yvonne Chartrand takes the stage to perform the Red River Jig, she is conscious that her ancestors once danced the same steps. The Métis performer has danced the high-paced and fiddle-led jig ...

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Dance is a powerful expression of culture and there was a time in Canada when it was illegal for Indigenous People to perform traditional dances. An 1895 amendment to the Indian Act prohibited “any ...