MARIAS BOOK FAIR AT THE CARIBOU GRILL TODAY, NOVEMBER 9TH AND MONDAY 10TH MANY GREAT READS; AUTHORS READING AND SOME VIDEOS; Ancestors Calling: from People & Peaks Productions PLUS 8 months ago NOT YET RATED In 1804, the North West Company brought voyageurs, proprietors, interpreters, and clerks into the Rocky Mountain district near the present town of Jasper, Alberta. A new culture, traditions, and a way of life was born. The indigenous Shuswap and Beaver Indians intermingled with the new French, Scottish and Iroquois immigrants. The Mountain Métis, a horseback culture emerged from this unique blend of people. Ancestors Calling shares the rich culture through music and stories of award-winning musician Laura Vinson; a descendent of the early voyageur Louis Loyer. The Trailer can be seen by going to: https://vimeo/88205749 Women of Willmore Wilderness: from People & Peaks Productions PLUS 2 years ago NOT YET RATED Ride the Rockies with horsewomen as they share mountain experiences virtually unchanged from 1915 to present day. Archival photographs and historic footage combined with interviews and spectacular cinematography showcase these intrepid women, every bit as rugged and capable as their male counterparts. The Alberta Film & Television Rosie Awards nominated Women of Willmore Wilderness for the Best Original Musical Score and for the Best Documentary non-fiction over 30 minutes, in 2014. The Trailer can be seen by going to: https://vimeo/41208846 Wildie: from People & Peaks Productions PLUS 3 years ago NOT YET RATED Canadian Rockies Series: 2 x 6 Many of us have dreamed of taming one of the wild horses that still roam freely in the Rockies. Share the experience of two young native women as they each start and train a wild mare. See friendship and trust grow between horse and rider as they bond under the mentorship of Master Horseman Larry Nelles. Wildie shares the story of a unique horseback culture. The Alberta Film & Television Rosie Awards nominated Wildie in 2013 for the Best Original Musical Score non-fiction over 30 minutes. The Trailer can be seen by going to: https://vimeo/18335116 Long Road Home: from People & Peaks Productions PLUS 3 years ago NOT YET RATED Canadian Rockies Series: 1 x 6 In 1806 Métis guide Jacco Findlay was the first to blaze a packtrail over Howse Pass and the Continental Divide to British Columbia. He built two canoes and made a map for Canadian Explorer David Thompson— who followed the packtrail one-year later. Shortly thereafter, Jacco left the employment of the North West Company. He became one of the first Freemen or free traders during the 1820s and lived with his family in the Athabasca Valley. In 1907 the Canadian Federal Government passed an Order in Council for the creation of “Jasper Forest Park”—enforcing the evacuation of all the Métis families in the Athabasca Valley. By 1909 guns were seized causing the community to surrender their homeland--including Jacco’s grandson and descendants. Six Métis families made their exodus from Jasper in 1909 and 1910 after inhabiting the area for close to a century. An early trapper, Shand Harvey described the Jasper settlement in 1909. “Families were scattered along the valley—faring well on farms. About a hundred of them lived in the comparative security of a crude white man’s type of civilization. Descended from canoe-men and snowshoe-men in the eastern forests—they were now horsemen and mountain climbers.” Long Road Home is a 45:13 minute HD documentary that focuses on the Jasper story and the 14-day return trip of the descendants of the six evicted families. The forty-five minute production features a Centennial Commemorative Journey in 2009—the Long Road Home after 100 years. Stories are shared through the voices of the descendants as they reveal their fight to preserve traditions, culture and a way of life, as Mountain Métis.The Trailer can be seen by going to: https://vimeo/18135111
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