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Author: oldmedico
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John:
Thanks.
I have all of the data on her, and all of her children. many of her grandchildren, and so
on.
I have been an active part of Metisgen at
Rootsweb.com for several years, and the Calder
and Foulds families are just a few of the many Métis families that are being actively
researched there.
Many of the descendants of the Calder's, the Foulds, etc. have no idea that they
descend from Métis families. Their Métis heritage was taken from them because of the
extreme racism that existed in much of Canada at the end of the 19th, and into the 20th
century against natives, "half-breeds" etc.
Sadly, much of that racism still exists in some areas of Canada to this day. I have a
cousin that was horrified to discover that his grandmother was part Indian, and he
believes that I have ruined his family heritage because I proved that this was true.
He is not an uneducated person, by the way. He is a retired Crown's Attorney is
Saskatoon, SK.
We all are what we are. We should all be proud of our ancestors, whoever they may be.
After all, if some Indian maiden had not married an employee of the Hudson's Bay
Company, way back when, I would not be here today.
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