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The story of the Red River settlement brings together people of a variety of backgrounds, visible today through the cultural artifacts of the colony.
The Selkirk Settlers - Multiculturalism in the Red River Colony from Canada's History.
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Often called a buffalo knife or chief’s knife, this artifact was described as “extremely heavy… a sort of butcher’s cleaver with a point instead of squared-off end.”
As paparazzi culture rose in the '70s, Pierre and Margaret Trudeau became Canada's "royal couple."
The idea that women could drive an automobile -- let alone drive around the shell holes of the frontlines -- was rather revolutionary at the outbreak of the Great War. But nicety was soon driven out by necessity.
Dr. Jamie Morton, curator at the Manitoba Museum, explains the nature of the Company's organizational hierarchy and Simpson's role as governor through these extravagant artifacts: an elaborate silver candelabra and a ram's head snuff mull.
Student Kristin Pauls captured editor Mark Reid on film during a recent presentation he gave to first-year students at Red River Community College.