Art-Metis

=media type="custom" key="11283730"= ====This is the story by Leah Dorian about her book, The Giving Tree. Learn the Metis values, see her dazzling colorful art and listen to the fiddle. This story will make you happy and proud to be of Metis heritage. Why was this tree so important to the Metis communities in the area. Google Leah Dorian's name to see her talks about her work in the arts: writing, storytelling, music and art.====

= [|Virtual Museum of Metis Culture and History] = Online exhibits from the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research.

[|Lise Olson-Metis stonework North Battleford, Saskatchewan] Gallery of Lise Olson carvings and sculptures. Lise carves Alabaster, Serpentine and Brazilian Soapstone. Her sculptures follow both Aboriginal as well as Canadian themes. She has been experimenting with some abstract design as well.

[|The Metis Sash lesson and video] Students explore different aspects of the Mét is culture including weaving of the Métis Sash.

[|Metis Artists] David Hannan || Sherry Farrell Racette || Bob Boyer || Leah Dorion || David Garneau || Leanne L'Hirondelle || Cheryl L'Hirondelle || Rick Rivet || Jim Logan || Rosalie Favell || Tannis Neilsen || Christi Belcourt || Dawn Oman || Dennis Weber || Jean Teillet ||  ||   ||   |||||| Jean Teillet || <<back to [|www.christibelcourt.com]
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 * **Jean Teillet** -Métis Lawyer/Visual Artist & past professional dancer. Ms. Teillet is the great-grand neice of Louis Riel. She entered a career in law at the age of 40 and has gone on to win the first Supreme Court of Canada landmark Powley case recognizing the rights of Metis people. In her downtime, she is an artist, producing intricate and unusual mixed media pieces in beadwork. Ms. Teillet was raised in the historic Metis community of St. Vital, Manitoba and currently resides in Vancouver, B.C. ||
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