<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Mr. Desjarlais.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Prof. Michel Bouchard at Univ. of Norhtern BC in Prince George has done a lot of work on Métis in northern BC. I’ve put in c.c.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We’d love to hear back on what you find.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best of luck in your research.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">Maurice Guibord</div><div class="">Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique</div><div class="">604-771-3047</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 31, 2021, at 2:58 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" class="">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Greetings</span><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">My name is Joe and I am doing research on Metis people and their historical presence in the general area around two areas in BC</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><ol class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Creston, Cranbrook, Fernie and general Kootenay region</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> Dawson Creek and Hudson Hope and Fort St John general region</span></li></ol></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Is anyone aware of links to specific archival information? Metis have also been called 'half-breeds' or 'mixed blood' among other names in the historical record. Any assistance is much appreciated.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Thank you</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Joe Desjarlais</span><br class=""></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Listserv mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:Listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://lists.museum.bc.ca/listinfo.cgi/listserv-museum.bc.ca" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://lists.museum.bc.ca/listinfo.cgi/listserv-museum.bc.ca</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>