Métis Heritage Festival

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Métis are a unique cultural group recognized in Canada but not the United States. Borne of unions between primarily Cree or Chippewa women, and mainly French, but also Scottish and other European traders, the Métis are characterized by fiddle music, jig dancing, the Métis sash, Red River carts, and their unique language, Michif. Métis in the United States are found in many places and have strong kinship networks with Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Little Shell Chippewa people, and are often enrolled with or descendants of those tribes.

This festival invites Métis and non-Métis people to come and celebrate this vibrant culture!