october - november 2014 - ontario metis family records center
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October - November 2014
In This Issue
Congratulations Katie
Smile of the Month
Genealogy Site Adds 3.2MAmerican Indian Records
November is National AmericanIndian Heritage Day
A Member Writes
Tourquoise The Sacred Stone
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Christian Pilon Launches LakeOntario's First Canoe
Lest We Forget
Chief Henri Membertous - GrandChief of the Mi'kmaq
The Genocide of the Native NorthAmerican
Aboritinal Studies - The TalkingStick
Some Genealogy Facts RegardingAboriginal Ancestry
Congratulations Katie
Catherine (Katie) Stewartgrew up in Bancroft, Ontarioand attended North HastingsHigh School where shesucceeded bothacademically and inextracurricular activities.
"To be ignorant of what occurred before youwere born is to remain always a child. Forwhat is the worth of human life, unless it iswoven into the life of our ancestors by the
records of history?"
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Dusk in Bancroft, ONSource of text: Source: : http://www.goodreads.com/
CHRISTIAN PILON LAUNCHES LAKE
ONTARIO'S FIRST CANOE
In Oshawa, ON June 24, 2011 -
On Lake Ontario on the eve of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day more than 150 guests from as faraway as Quebec and Manitoba gathered to see
Franco-Ontarian/M�tis Christian Pilon launch thefirst bark canoe he constructed in the traditionalmanner alongside the National Master Builder,
Marcel Labelle.
Graduating with honours,among other awards, Katiereceived a Wasmund FamilyMemorial Scholars Award. This award was establishedin memory of Theodore andEsther Wasmund to create anopportunity for students fromNorth Hastings and NorthRenfrew counties to attendQueen's University.During her years at Queen's,Katie took on the roleof Regional Director of theCanadian Improve Games,expanding the event thirtyteams, including theatrestudents from Port Hope toBancroft, Kingston andBrockville. Involved innumerous productions oncampus, Katie activelyparticipated in both theDrama and Filmdepartments. Employed asan undergraduate teachingassistant in her senior years,Katie enjoyed watching theyounger students blossom. Katie graduated in June of2014, earning a Bachelor ofHonours Degree, withdistinction, in Stage andScreen. She enrolled atLoyalist College in Bellevillethis year, to study PublicRelations and, on November6th, when the college heldtheir fall UndergraduateAwards Ceremony, Katie waspleased to receive a MetisNation of Ontario Bursary of$600.
Smile of the Month
Only In The Country
No one has to tell many of ourmembers we are right in the
midst of "Hunting Season" - thereason we know this is we cansee them all around Bancroftand the surrounding area. For
the rest of you, if you have everthought of moving to the country
for a slower pace of life we
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Lest We Forget
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Canadian Postal Employee Discovers NativeAncestor Had Stamp Printed in His Honour
Chief Henri Membertous -
Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaq
have a story for you. Yesterday, while listening to a
neighboring town's radio stationthe announcer actually said,"Now all you hunters, makesure you stay tuned to our
station while you're at your huntcamp just in case your wife
needs to get in touch with you -she can call the station and we
will announce it over theradio." Now what are the
chances of that ever happeningin the big city?
Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons -Magic Deer
Genealogy Site Adds3.2M American Indian
Records
Ancestry.com has partneredwith the Oklahoma HistoricalSociety to add more than 3.2million American Indianhistorical records and imagesto its website. The new data set of 3.2 millionrecords contains: - Oklahoma and IndianTerritory, Dawes Census Cardsfor Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914. - Oklahoma and IndianTerritory, Indian Censuses andRolls, 1851-1959.- Ratified Indian Treaties andChiefs, 1722-1869. - Oklahoma, Indian LandAllotment Sales, 1908-1927.- Records Related to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokeeby Guion Miller, 1908-1910. Read More.......
November is National
This journey started out with my very close anddear grandfather passing away on December 42013. My brother and I went to PEI to attend hisfuneral. At the time my brother was dating a girlwho was a history buff and asked if the familywould mind if she did some research on ourfamily history. Of course we were intrigued. Turnsout our family history is nothing to shake a stickat. A famous Aboriginal who played a pivotal rolein ensuring the survival of French settlement inEastern Canada was Chief Henri Membertou,Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaq. Needless to say thiswas beyond exciting. What was even moreinteresting was that a stamp was commemoratedin his honor from July - September 2007. As fatewould have it I happen to be a Canada Postemployee and knew nothing of this great chiefwhose blood was running through my veins. Ihad always looked at old family photos andthought our blood line looked like it had native init. To no avail did anybody in the family everconfirm that or knew much about it. It took adeath in the family and a random person to be inthe right place at the right time for our familyheritage to be re-instated to what it should be. Iam Proud to be Native and so thankful to havediscovered my heritage. Source: Author - L. Butcher, Georgetown, ON Read More....... Photo Source....... Canad Post
The Genocide of the Native North
American IndianHeritage Month
The Ontario Metis FamilyRecords Center (OMFRC) is
dedicated to researching anddocumenting the aboriginal
and Metis families of Ontario. While Ontario is our primary
focus, it is impossible torestrict our research to only
Ontario. Many aboriginal andMetis families traveled
extensively throughout theUnited States and Canada.
Our research thereforeencompasses both
countries. We have beengathering information for over40 years and we have recordsas far back as the early 1600s.Photo Source: http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/
I just wanted to thank everyoneconcerned for the articles in theOMFRC Newsletter. I never likedhistory in school but find thearticles that your editors publish tobe so educational. I readeverything from start to finish. Itruly enjoy all of it, from the lightstories to documentaries of theancient history of the Metis.Thanks again for all your hardwork. P. ChurchillPembroke, ON
TurquoiseThe SacredStone
American
The story of early European contact with the Aboriginalpeople of North America has many faces, few if any ofthem are pleasant. In fact it marked the beginning of "TheGenocide of the Native North American" and continues tobe what is probably the longest genocide of a people inhistory. Genocide by definition is, "Any act committedwith the intention of destroying in whole or in part anational, ethnic, cultural, racial or religious group. Thisincludes, killing members of a group, causing seriousbodily or mental harm to a group, deliberately inflictingconditions calculated to physically destroy the group inwhole or in part and forcefully transferring children of agroup to another group".
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Article was provided by the author: Spencer Alexander, Meits Assistant Curator North BuxtonMuseum
Aboriginal StudiesThe Talking Stick
In the May issue of our Newsletter we featured storiesand photos of Grade 10 students from PamelaVanderburg's Native Studies class where she wasteaching the Art of story telling. Again in our June issuetwo of Pamela's students had shared with us theirthoughts on Residential Schools. Over the next fewmonths we are pleased to feature the students newestassignment, namely The Talking Stick.
Turquoise Jewelry Myth,Magic and Maintenance.
By the way gentlemen there areonly 6 weeks left untilChristmas.......
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Photo Source: http://nativeamericanencyclopedia.com
Ontario Metis FamilyRecords Center
We're on the web!See us at:
www.aboriginalstatus.orgwww.omfrc.org
New Submissions
Our editors are alwayslooking for originalsubmissions that wouldbe of interest to ourcommunity. Do youknow of any upcomingevents that you wouldlike to share eitherthrough the Newsletteror Facebook? If you have somethingyou would like to add tofuture issues we wouldbe happy to consider it;please call or emailputting Facebook orNewsletter material in
Pamela VanderburgNative Studies Teacher Read More.......
Source: Story and photo by Jared MortonSubmitted by Pamela Vanderburg with permission
Some Genealogy Facts RegardingAboriginal Ancestry
From 1600 to 1800 (very approximate years), acts ofbaptism, marriage, and sepulture may include only theChristian name or both the Christian and the Native names.In the second case, it is possible to find the genealogicallink even if the Native name is not hereditary because thatname is kept by a person all along his/her life. Around 1800-1850 (very approximate years), actsconcerning Natives start using a family name and it thenbecomes possible to trace the genealogical links. There was another special phenomenon, namely theadoption by Whites of Natives, but these adoptions left notrace in the parish registers. In fact, adoptions before 1930,be they of Whites or Natives are rarely mentioned in Quebecparish registers. Source: Arthur E. HainesPhoto Source: Framed print by Normal Rockwell - Family Tree 1959Read More.......
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