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Duke Redbird: His people once were the elite of prairie society, he writes in We Are Metis
Duke Redbird: His people once were the elite of prairie society, he writes in We Are Metis

Duke Redbird: His people once were the elite of prairie society, he writes in We Are Metis

Date8/12/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Duke Redbird: His people once were the elite of prairie society, he writes in We Are Metis.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0075642F
Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA
Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA
6/14/1978
Jim Sinclair, a field worker for the Saskatchewan Metis Society, stands in front of a Metis shack in Meadow Lake, where there is no running water and (...)
Jim Sinclair, a field worker for the Saskatchewan Metis Society, stands in front of a Metis shack in Meadow Lake, where there is no running water and (...)
2/24/1970
Peace offering: Rev. Jacques Johnson, wearing a robe of bearded deerskin as he celebrates Mass, gives communion to one of the members of his Cree and Metis congregation
Peace offering: Rev. Jacques Johnson, wearing a robe of bearded deerskin as he celebrates Mass, gives communion to one of the members of his Cree and Metis congregation
12/20/1984
Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
6/11/1975
Metis Rosemarie Moffitt has submitted a report to the Ontario government on the deprivations of her people, non-status native Indians
Metis Rosemarie Moffitt has submitted a report to the Ontario government on the deprivations of her people, non-status native Indians
8/28/1974
A Saskatchewan Metis stands beside his one-room log cabin
A Saskatchewan Metis stands beside his one-room log cabin
2/20/1970
Sexual morality has changed so that some things which were once considered sins are sins no longer, writes Roman Catholic theologian Gregory Baum. Thi(...)
Sexual morality has changed so that some things which were once considered sins are sins no longer, writes Roman Catholic theologian Gregory Baum. Thi(...)
5/8/1973
Right on the scene he writes about in his book, Working People, is author James Lorimer, is shown here on Toronto's Pariliament St
Right on the scene he writes about in his book, Working People, is author James Lorimer, is shown here on Toronto's Pariliament St
4/1/1971
Poet and actor Duke Redbird (right) last night played host and read one of his poems at an evening of New Native Cinema in the St. Lawrence Centre Tow(...)
Poet and actor Duke Redbird (right) last night played host and read one of his poems at an evening of New Native Cinema in the St. Lawrence Centre Tow(...)
5/14/1974
Métis Making Wheel for Red River Cart, Manitoba
Métis Making Wheel for Red River Cart, Manitoba
1870 circa
Metis-run Ogoki Lodge cost taxpayers $1
Metis-run Ogoki Lodge cost taxpayers $1
6/27/1978
Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers
Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers
6/21/1969