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Presentation on the Red River Métis by historian Fritz Anderson
April 27, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm CDT
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From Fritz Anderson:
The Red River Métis is a community of the Minnesota’s early settlers of Minnesota that came from the OTHER direction of many settlers of the day. Early Minnesotan history had many settlers that came from the Northwest, rather than the East. This intriguing group came from the Red River Valley of northwestern Minnesota and what is now Southern Manitoba. The Métis were an entirely new society that were of Native and White ancestry but subscribed to being neither. A new people that were distinctive in American history as being the only example of a new culture with a unique language and strong social identity that arose from a combination of many peoples.
The Washington County Heritage Center will be open at 6pm for event attendees to experience the museum prior to the event at 7pm. No registration required.