Tag Archives: Metis

GATEWAY TO A NATIONAL DREAM (Chapter 3 of 4)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by EJ Lavoie

3 — The Goal In the fall of 1869, Canada invaded the North-West Territories. A 25-year-old Métis, a failed priest and indifferent law clerk, said, Wait a minute! You didn’t ask me. Canada did not ask the Métis of Assiniboia … Continue reading →

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CHASING HISTORY (Chapter 7 of 10)

Posted on September 5, 2011 by EJ Lavoie

BATOCHE TODAY What happened here, at the National Historic Site of Batoche in May of 1885, has influenced the course of Canadian history for a century and a quarter.  In my novel-in-progress, The Batoche Crossing, it is my goal to … Continue reading →

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CHASING HISTORY (Chapter 6 of 10)

Posted on September 4, 2011 by EJ Lavoie

JUST DUCKY On Friday afternoon, July 8th, John and I stopped at the Fred Light Museum in Battleford (on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River, across from North Battleford).  I was looking for Douglas Light, son of the … Continue reading →

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