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From: "Larry Quinto" <>
Subject: [METIS-L] Fw: Pembina Metis Cemetery
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:21:39 -0400

Hi all,
Good news from North Dakota. Ruth wanted this info forwarded to you.
Larry:)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Ellen Swan" <>
To: "Larry Quinto" <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 10:02 AM
Subject: Pembina Metis Cemetery


> The Elders Local of the Manitoba Metis Federation went to Pembina on
> saturday to erect 25 white wooden crosses at the site of the first
> Catholic Mission in North Dakota. It was a great day. There were about
> 75 people there and a Metis catholic priest did the blessing and a
> fiddler, Marcel Meilleur, played during the installation of the
> crosses. The Elders danced the Red River jig at the museum, the park
> and the cemetery site. It was a beautiful ceremony and the Attorney
> General of North Dakota arranged to have the barbed wire fence cut to
> give descendants access to the field. They will build a proper fence
> and access point. They caved in at the last minute. They are
> negotiating with the landowner for ten acres, but the landowners are
> holding out for a big payout. Please tell the Metis genealogists and
> thank them for their support. We got a lot of media coverage.
> Sincerely, Ruth Swan
>

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