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Red River West Metis Tepee Art Print
by Sherry Leigh Williams
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Red River West Metis Tepee art print by Sherry Leigh Williams. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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These tepee's were set up my the Metis people at a gathering on the Malahat near Victoria, BC, Canada called Red River West. Prior to Canada's... more
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These tepee's were set up my the Metis people at a gathering on the Malahat near Victoria, BC, Canada called Red River West. Prior to Canada's crystallization as a nation in west central North America, the Métis people emerged out of the relations of Indian women and European men. While the initial offspring of these Indian and European unions were individuals who possessed mixed ancestry, the gradual establishment of distinct Métis communities, outside of Indian and European cultures and settlements, as well as, the subsequent intermarriages between Métis women and Métis men, resulted in the genesis of a new Aboriginal people - the Métis.
Distinct Métis communities emerged, as an outgrowth of the fur trade, along some parts of the freighting waterways and Great Lakes of Ontario, throughout the Northwest and as far north as the McKenzie river. The Métis people and their communities were connected through the highly mobile fur trade network, seasonal rounds, extensive kinship c...
About Sherry Leigh Williams
Sherry Leigh Williams-Métis Artist Sherry Leigh Williams is a multi-faceted artist, writer, singer and songwriter was born and raised in the foothill community of Shining Bank Alberta. Alberta born of Métis and Celtic roots Williams says this history, as well as a love of nature, colour and the delight in the muse, influences her work. Sherry is a multi-faceted artist, and works in many mediums including painting, photography, sculpture, jewelry making as well as a performing artist with her band Southbound and Friends. A deep love of the land, wildlife and horses informed her early works. As a self-taught artist during those years her work was awarded in the Images and Objects juried shows in Fort St John, BC and toured the...
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