Everyone welcome Tuesday, October 11 at 7 pm
Call 204-986-6450 to register
Fifteen Métis families moved into shanties in the bush in and grassland in Fort Rouge in 1901 (Grant Park area) in southwest Winnipeg. Occasionally joined by non-Métis households, “Rooster Town” survived for five decades until dismantled by the City of Winnipeg in the late 1950s. Based on detailed genealogical work, mapping, and the reconstruction of individual and family histories, Dr. Evelyn Joy Peters provides a brief history of Rooster Town and provides evidence to challenge the myths and distortions that were created by news reports of the time about its inhabitants.
Dr. Peters’ research focus has been First Nations and Métis people in cities. Her recent book with Chris Andersen, titled Indigenous in the City: Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation, focuses on urban Indigenous experiences in Canada, and elsewhere.
LECTURE
Tuesday, October 11,
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Millennium Library
Buchwald Room, 251 Donald Street
