Thank-you for this amazing film featuring amazing artists and storytellers. Merci. Marrsî 🙏🏼💙 I am a Métis mumma of two grown girls. Since 2007, when I enrolled in college and then university, for the first time, I have been discovering more of who I am, and where my Métis family and I came from, our culture and traditions. I am still in school, now in my last year of my PhD. I have decided to include more of my Métis beingness in my work than I had anticipated, and that decision is due to watching this film. Yesterday I enrolled in a project by artist Tracy Charette Fehr, called "Honouring Our Métis Mothers." We are to bead and/or embroider one of our female Métis family member's name, alongside whatever other artwork we choose to include, on a 10" x 14" piece of wool blanket. These will be gathered up by Tracy and joined together to make a huge blanket, in St Boniface, Manitoba. My Métis community and I are on Vancouver Island. I am so grateful to participate in such a project with women that I am just getting to know. I feel honoured to be doing this work. I will begin with a piece for my great-grandmother Marguerite Tastawitch. She was born April 9, 1877, in Dunvegan, Alberta. She married Charlie Bremner Feb 01, 1898, in Spirit River, Alberta. This film has taught, and shown, me the depth and significance of the work that I am embarking upon. I have been scouring the internet for techniques and patterns as I am largely going at this alone - my Métis community will be meeting once a month. This film has brought home to me that I am not alone, wherever I may be. I feel Marguerite and her daughter, my gramma, Elizabeth 'Bess' Marguerite Bremner Ordell, whispering to me, encouraging me forward. I am feeling a joy, excitement, peacefulness and passion rising up in me that I have not experienced for some time. It feels like many hurts and troubles are healing. ❤🌸
Its really beautiful to see the woman's stories and perspectives, so often we hear about the rebellions but its really cool to get a glimpse into the life. Also it took my breath away to hear my name in this Maria (pronounced like mariah). I am so proud of my grandmothers, such beautiful makers and community builders!
Thank-you for this amazing film featuring amazing artists and storytellers. Merci. Marrsî 🙏🏼💙
I am a Métis mumma of two grown girls. Since 2007, when I enrolled in college and then university, for the first time, I have been discovering more of who I am, and where my Métis family and I came from, our culture and traditions. I am still in school, now in my last year of my PhD. I have decided to include more of my Métis beingness in my work than I had anticipated, and that decision is due to watching this film.
Yesterday I enrolled in a project by artist Tracy Charette Fehr, called "Honouring Our Métis Mothers." We are to bead and/or embroider one of our female Métis family member's name, alongside whatever other artwork we choose to include, on a 10" x 14" piece of wool blanket. These will be gathered up by Tracy and joined together to make a huge blanket, in St Boniface, Manitoba.
My Métis community and I are on Vancouver Island. I am so grateful to participate in such a project with women that I am just getting to know. I feel honoured to be doing this work.
I will begin with a piece for my great-grandmother Marguerite Tastawitch. She was born April 9, 1877, in Dunvegan, Alberta. She married Charlie Bremner Feb 01, 1898, in Spirit River, Alberta.
This film has taught, and shown, me the depth and significance of the work that I am embarking upon. I have been scouring the internet for techniques and patterns as I am largely going at this alone - my Métis community will be meeting once a month. This film has brought home to me that I am not alone, wherever I may be.
I feel Marguerite and her daughter, my gramma, Elizabeth 'Bess' Marguerite Bremner Ordell, whispering to me, encouraging me forward.
I am feeling a joy, excitement, peacefulness and passion rising up in me that I have not experienced for some time. It feels like many hurts and troubles are healing.
❤🌸
Aquí desde Bogotá Colombia un fraternal saludo
What a fantastic documentary. I enjoyed it a lot and highly recommend it.
Its really beautiful to see the woman's stories and perspectives, so often we hear about the rebellions but its really cool to get a glimpse into the life. Also it took my breath away to hear my name in this Maria (pronounced like mariah). I am so proud of my grandmothers, such beautiful makers and community builders!
Your keeping the fires of our Heritage stoked rekindles the spark in myself to learn our ways... Meegwetch from Manitoba
Beautiful beautiful workings
Beautiful work
Beautiful 😍
whats the intro music? sounds like a seed song for lii tabaa aha