New in
the USA Section
New
Links
Nineteen new U.S. links have been added
to the U.S. genealogy section. Another
new set of links has also been added to the Canadian
Métis links section of the site.
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New
Article
Several weeks ago a Métis
colleague, William "Billy" Brady posted a message to the Metis Culture
listserv which completely captured my attention. The message contained
excerpts from an article by Professor Jack D.
Forbes which highlights the creation of a Metis population of mixed
Black and Indian peoples in the colonial state of Virginia. With
the kind permission of Professor Forbes that excert is reproduced
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New
Information Provider
I am very happy to announce a new Information
Provider to The Other Metis. Mary
Harper-Bellis is a founding member of the rejuvenated North
American Metis Association (NAMA) and has agreed to have her reports
on her own research on Metis in the USA featured on this site. Her first
report - Quebec to Ogdensburg to Oswego and
Beyond - will, I hope, stimulate others to rediscover Metis families
and communities in the USA. Mary has been on the founding Boards of six
national organizations and has dedicated herself to helping to build a
future for the Metis children. |
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I must admit that, as a Canadian Métis,
I am a little uncomfortable with writing about Métis in the United
States. For several years I have been searching the net in the hopes
an American Métis site would surface to which I could transfer the
data I have collected over the years. Unfortun- ately, that has not happened
and I honestly feel I can no longer wait for my American counterpart to
just appear.
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sites already online, to be sure, and links to all of those I am aware
of will be found in the U.S. Métis
link section.. None of them, however, seem to have the broad
historical scope and awareness of historic Metis in the U.S. that I think
is so necessary to provide a solid information base from which Métis
everywhere in the U.S. can draw.
Having decided to take the plunge myself, I have
now reorganized the |
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existing U.S. Information
on this site to this location. Articles, bibliography, links, and genealogy
data related to Métis in the U.S. will now be found interconnected
from this page. I considered setting up a listserv for U.S. Métis
separate from the existing Other Metis list, but since that list is so
under used, I simply invite U.S. Metis to participate in the existing list.
If anyone has ideas or information that could be added to the site I welcome
other information providers to contribute. |
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