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Sweet Grass Records sells records/Cd's of various up and coming Aboriginal Artists

From the Folkways site the following music can be ordered PLAINS CHIPPEWA / METIS MUSIC from Turtle Mountain:

Those teachers wishing to correspond to an individual who is looking after a student singing and dance group should contact Roger Humbke.

A musical project, "When They Awake" , explores the importance of Metis fiddle music, and it is based on a prediction by Louis Riel, who said, "My people will sleep for 100 years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back."

This Michif site provides a sampling of phrases available for those that wish to hear Michif

Metis Dance discusses the history of the Metis jig.

The Anglehair site has a section on Metis and included in this section is heritage information on Metis Dance and Music.

Mike Durocher has compiled a list of artists around I'le a la Crosse who have professional wares for sale.

Fiddlebooks is an east coast band that has recorded a variety of sounds and music, including metis. The site lists where CD's can be ordered from

Metis Summer: Experience the joy and celebration of a Metis Summer and learn aspects of Metis history with this Video Tape Resource. See a traditional Metis Wedding, Voyageurs, Bannock making, Sash Dancing and much more. Produced by Lorraine Freeman and Doreen Breland-Fines. Cost: $19.95 plus pst and shipping.

At the Stagepass site, three Métis Songs from Saskatchewan can be ordered for $8.95 U.S.

This site is a biography about Mary Trotchie, who was born in 1911 at Whitewater, Montana, to Gregory and Mary Alphonsine Briere, and became an international fiddling champion.

Anne Lederman presents 2 Volume edition (cassette) of field recordings in a style unique to the Canadian Northwest. The recordings date from 1965 to the present and were made in two communities in western Manitoba.

This paper by Anne Lederman describes "old style" fiddle music in two Native communities of western Manitoba.

Aboriginal Arts Gallery Saskatchewan lists over 170 Saskatchewan artists' biographies, contact information, and works. Also includes large index of Aboriginal art sites.

Many of the Metis materials listed from the St. Boniface School Division resource centre may be ordered from them. Contact Pauline Mitsuk or Arlene Desjarlais at 204-233-2513

Wild Rose Books sells resources on Native Education for Elementary, Junior and Senior High Schools. For those needing source materials on Native Legends this would be the place to shop.