Metis Stories

Echoes of Métis Portage: Descendant Stories

Watch the 7 episodes in the original "Métis Portage" series: Métis Portage

Recent museum visits by descendants of early Métis residents of Portage spurred further inquiry. The individuals highlighted throughout this video series aren't just names in a history book to them. They're Grandma and Grandpa. Glean perspectives on 'the rest of the story' via interviews of more than a dozen Métis descendants of this early Portage community whose stories have been obscured for almost two centuries.

Part 1 - Introduction (6:10)

During the decades from 1790-1840, well over 100 people of mixed Native and European ancestry came to call Portage home. Over a dozen descendants invite you into their journeys of rediscovery, tracing fascinating threads from centuries prior, reflecting on their ancestors’ experiences, and helping us appreciate who these people were and how they navigated the turbulence of the 19th century into the present day. After a century of silence, remembering holds special importance to these descendants as they now steward these stories—these echoes of Métis Portage.