Walleye fishing on the Red River and Lake Winnipeg
Fishing for walleye, catfish, ice fishing on the Red river in Selkirk Manitoba Canada.
Ste. Madeleine Metis Days 2019
It’s not on the map, but white signs emblazoned by a Metis sash led the way down winding gravel roads to what was once the thriving Metis village of Ste. Madeleine. The settlement was established in the 1880s by homesteaders from the Red River area. No one there was wealthy but by all accounts, there was much contentment and happiness. People worked the land with all their might, and in their downtime, they danced and made music just as hard. Once, there was a school and a church.
But around the time that the Depression hit, sandy soil changed to dust, and the people struggled. Then in 1938, Ste. Madeleine was designated as land to be seeded to pasture, and under the federal government’s Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, the well-established residents of the village of Ste. Madeleine were driven off, and their houses, school, and church burned, and their dogs shot. A community that had been there for 50 years was ruptured, traumatized, left rootless. What happened at Ste. Madeleine is a story that is only now being told.
Flash forward to a hot summer weekend, July 2019. Beyond the last snake in the gravel road, a huge white tent shimmered under a blazing sun. Fiddle music swirled across the vast expanse of prairie overflowing with RVs and tents. The Metis were back in Ste. Madeleine.
On the outdoor stage, before a large audience, Elder George Fleury officially opened the events by speaking a prayer in Michif. There was a deep significance in his presence: a Ste. Madeleine boy, forced to see his family dogs shot, his home burned, and his parents weep as their community was eradicated before their eyes. Other former Ste. Madeleine residents sat with Elder Fleury in a centre place of honour. And behind them, the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) cabinet was out in full force. President Clément Chartier of the Métis National Council joined MMF president David Chartrand to warmly welcome the crowd. Then the party started.
Ste. Madeleine once again became a place of music, jigging, beading, weaving, games, bannock making, and storytelling. The smell of wood smoke permeated the air, and bannock, soup, and fresh fried pickerel were shared by all. Despite the horror of what happened to the Metis on that very spot, in July 2019, there was a prevailing sense of joy. So many Metis people, from toddlers to Elders, were together in one place, celebrating. The three-day event was a sharing of joy and culture.
The small Ste. Madeleine cemetery is scattered with graves, most of which are unnamed and marked only by plain wooden or metal crosses. A tiny rustic bell tower marks the spot where the church once stood. MMF President David Chartrand called Ste. Madeleine “a spiritual place”, and one could sense the power of his statement as people wandered slowly among the graves and considered the resilience of a people who could make their way back there.
On the final day of Ste. Madeleine Metis Days, the church bell was rung to call the crowd to congregate. The open-air service was accompanied by live singers and guitar music. It was sweetly fitting to hear the occasional dog bark and child laugh in the distance. Despite the injustices of the past, the Metis were back, strong together, and claiming their rightful place.
Walleye fishing on the Red River and Lake Winnipeg
Fishing for walleye and ice fishing on the Red river in Selkirk Manitoba Canada.
Fishing in Selkirk l Goldeye
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How many fish did we got? lol i have no idea. LoL
Pretty good day Its like Goldeye Day :D
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