

Using a methodology rooted in an Indigenous world view, Fiola interviews eighteen people with Métis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Métis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, sharing stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Eurocanadian cultures and spiritualities. Why don't more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River M tis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity. Please join us at Neechi Commons 865 Main St for an afternoon with Chantal Fiola as. Dylan Minor, a Wiisaakodewinini (Mtis) artist, activist, and scholar from Michigan, reviews Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Metis Ancestry and Anishinaabe.

Why don't more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and i. Launch of Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Mtis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality (University of Manitoba Press).
