Marcus Merasty, centre, says Métis jigging is a community dance that brings joy to others. (Supplied by Robin Poitras - image credit) Marcus Merasty remembers growing up in Pelican Narrows, Sask., and ...

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(ANNews) – Jigging is a traditional Métis dance that’s existed on Turtle Island for hundreds of years and has been passed down for generations. Nineteen-year-old Kenton Alook is a two-spirit ...

Sounds of jigs, reels and quadrilles will fill Lewistown next weekend when the 20th annual Metis Celebration and Powwow brings Metis to town to acknowledge their unique culture, with Native American ...

“What I love about … them is they are young Métis dancers who have become dedicated artists intent on bringing traditional Métis jigging into the lives and hearts of young people everywhere,” said ...

“We may fail,” Louis Riel once said. “But the rights for which we contend will not die.” Founder of the province of Manitoba; political leader of the Métis people; key organizer of the Red River ...

Calling All Captains may play pop-punk shows filled with people moshing at night, but lead vocalist Luc Gauthier has another passion by day—Métis dancing. Gauthier is Métis, which is an indigenous ...

Dancing on stage to the Red River Jig has been a welcomed return to normal life for Dauphin’s D-Town Steppers. As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever ...

Marcus Merasty remembers growing up in Pelican Narrows, Sask., and watching his friends jigging. "I kind of felt a little bit left out because they looked like they were having so much fun," he said, ...

When Brianna Lizotte was growing up, she would watch home movies recorded by her grandfather of 1970s kitchen parties. In them, she'd see family members playing the fiddle and guitar and dancing to ...