Marcus Merasty, centre, says Métis jigging is a community dance that brings joy to others. (Supplied by Robin Poitras - image credit) Marcus Merasty remembers growing up in Pelican Narrows, Sask., and ...

Matt Hanly is Director At-large for the Skydancer Indigenous Cultural Centre and a Métis youth leader from Devon, Alberta. He has discovered a profound connection to his heritage ...

(ANNews) – Jigging is a traditional Métis dance that’s existed on Turtle Island for hundreds of years and has been passed down for generations. Nineteen-year-old Kenton Alook is a two-spirit ...

This story is part of Resonate: Songs of Resilience in recognition of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day. CBC Indigenous with CBC Unreserved celebrates communities ...

The Asham Stompers, a Manitoba-based Metis dance group that will perform Saturday and Sunday at an area French festival, are purveyors of the Red River Jig, a dance said to have been created by ...

Over the past 41 years, Therese Seesequasis has trained more than 160 dancers who have never lost a competition. She even helped design their award-winning costumes. Therese Seesequasis Dance is a ...

Since all of their upcoming dances and rehearsals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, members of the D-Town Steppers in Dauphin made the best of a bad situation by putting together a viral ...

Sounds of jigs, reels and quadrilles will fill Lewistown next weekend when the 20th annual Metis Celebration and Powwow brings Metis to town to acknowledge their unique culture, with Native American ...

Each summer, the historic site of the 1885 Battle of Batoche is transformed into a four-day Métis culture and heritage celebration. The Back to Batoche Days festival gives people from all cultures a ...

Marcus Merasty remembers growing up in Pelican Narrows, Sask., and watching his friends jigging. "I kind of felt a little bit left out because they looked like they were having so much fun," he said, ...