When Brianna Lizotte was growing up, she would watch home movies recorded by her grandfather of 1970s kitchen parties. In them, she'd see family members playing the fiddle and guitar and dancing to ...

Marcus Merasty, centre, says Métis jigging is a community dance that brings joy to others. (Supplied by Robin Poitras - image credit) Marcus Merasty remembers growing up in Pelican Narrows, Sask., and ...

Sounds of jigs, reels and quadrilles will fill Lewistown next weekend when the 20th annual Metis Celebration and Powwow brings Metis to town to acknowledge their unique culture, with Native American ...

Cochrane will come together tomorrow (September 30) to honour survivors, remember those lost, and reflect on the legacy of residential schools. A gathering runs from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The ...

Dance is a powerful expression of culture and there was a time in Canada when it was illegal for Indigenous People to perform ...

Deanna Garton introduced the Ottawa Region Métis Council, members of the Métis community, and the public to an afternoon of Métis knowledge and tradition at Wall Street United Church on Saturday ...

(ANNews) – Jigging is a traditional Métis dance that’s existed on Turtle Island for hundreds of years and has been passed down for generations. Nineteen-year-old Kenton Alook is a two-spirit ...

The Northwestern Ontario Métis community marked 150 years since the Métis of Rainy River and Rainy Lake signed an adhesion to ...

Calling All Captains may play pop-punk shows filled with people moshing at night, but lead vocalist Luc Gauthier has another passion by day—Métis dancing. Gauthier is Métis, which is an indigenous ...

This story is part of Resonate: Songs of Resilience in recognition of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day. CBC Indigenous with CBC Unreserved celebrates communities ...

Marcus Merasty remembers growing up in Pelican Narrows, Sask., and watching his friends jigging. "I kind of felt a little bit left out because they looked like they were having so much fun," he said, ...