Carrie Gonzalez (Presenter); Dylan Gaudry (fiddle, drum, MÈtis Nation, St. Laurent, Manitoba); Ryan Gaudry (drums, fiddle, MÈtis Nation, St. Laurent, Manitoba ...
At the Metis Celebration and Powwow, people meet family members they never knew they had. The annual gathering held in Lewistown draws Metis from Montana, Canada and elsewhere and is a celebration of ...
Métis fiddler Brianna Lizotte’s JUNO nomination highlights the power of cultural storytelling, community, and the growing recognition of Indigenous artists. There were 67 Indigenous nominees this year ...
“I try to take it back to the Bush Dances they had long ago. They had fiddle playing and they also had singing in Métis or Michif,” he said in a phone interview from his home in Belcourt, North Dakota ...
The well-known father-and-son duo of George and Lee Mandeville, of Yellowknife, have released three CDs of traditional Metis fiddle music during their musical career together. The duo have performed ...
EAST GRAND FORKS — Jeanne O’Neil, co-founder of North Country Fiddle and Dance, isn’t worried about the traditional songs and dances her organization helps put together going away anytime soon. While ...
The fiddle accompanied Lewis & Clark across the West. Fur trappers danced to it. Fiddle music followed the Métís as they sought a safe place south of the border, and they shared it with the Blackfeet.