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The fathers of the first Metis were Frenchmen who came to Canada with the explorer Champlain, when the province we now call Quebec was founded. The mothers of the first Metis were Indian women who were members of the Huron and Algonquin tribes. Because of this</div> <div>  fact we can say that the history of the Metis nation is as old as the history of Canada<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >. </FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#000033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>NIJOTE'S ROOTS</b></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Content"><U><B>My Content</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Tree"><U><B>My Tree</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><U><B>Photo Album</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Hobbies"><U><B>My Hobbies</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Creed To Live By"><U><B>A Creed To Live By</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Full Circle"><U><B>Full Circle</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gabriel Dumont"><U><B>Gabriel Dumont</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pile of Bones"><U><B>Pile of Bones</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oh Great Creator"><U><B>Oh Great Creator</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Misc. Musings"><U><B>Misc. Musings</b></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> Welcome to the NIJOTE'S ROOTS web site.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0583f420.gif" border=0 width="63" height="66" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" >  <center> <p> <a href="http://callisto.guestworld.com/wgb/wgbsign.dbm?owner=Nijotes">Sign My Guestbook</a> <a href="http://www.guestworld.com/"><img src="http://www.guestworld.com/GuestWorldbutton.gif" height="31" width="87" align="absmiddle" border ="0" alt="Guestbook by GuestWorld"></a> <a href="http://callisto.guestworld.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=Nijotes">View My Guestbook</a> </center>   </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> MIYOTEH KAWISAMIHTAWIYAK</div> <div> (Cree)</div> <bR> <div> WELCOME</div> <bR> <div> Bien Venu</div> <div> (French))</div> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-167/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="109" height="40">  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04ad3170.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                                                    </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Hello.....My name is Marcel and I am a Metis of rench\Cree\Ojibwa\Saulteaux  decent.</div> <div> With this site I hope to share with you some of my family history and the history </div> <div> of the Metis People themselves. I will have pictures, stories and many  items</div> <div> of interest. I hope you will join me and enjoy yourself.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0a1da120.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> I am going to start this site off with a</div> <div>  Metis Prayer</div> <bR> <div> O Great Spirit of the Four Winds</div> <div> We humbly stand before you.</div> <bR> <div> Give us your hand in guidance,</div> <div> show us the path of our Brothers</div> <div>  and Sisters that wander alone</div> <div> in the darkness.</div> <bR> <div> "We pray" that we may help them</div> <div> in time of despair and loneliness.</div> <bR> <div> Let them hear our prayers so that</div> <div> they may be uplifted from darkness.</div> <bR> <div> Have courage our Brothers and Sisters</div> <div> for you are not alone.</div> <bR> <div> We walk the same hard road, we may</div> <div> falter and fall to our knees.</div> <div> But, we will rise and continue to our </div> <div> DESTINY.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>           </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>