The Ontario Metis Family Records Center

This beautifully illustrated U.S. Postal Service stamp featuring Sacagawea was a part of the Legends of the West series introduced in October 1994. The serie...s honored renowned Americans of the west, including Buffalo Bill, Jim Bridger, Chief Joseph, Annie Oakley, Geronimo, Wild Bill Hickok, Kit Carson, and many others. Sold in sheets of 20 stamps each stamp featured a different person. They were all designed by Mark Hess of Katonah, New York, and were produced using the photogravure printing process, which provide the intense colors. Photo: United States Postal Service. All Rights Reserved. Alt Text: A colorful U.S. postage stamp with a painted portrait of Sacagawea. She is wearing an off-white animal skin garment, with colorful blue, yellow, red, and white beads. She is holding a wooden staff and has a cradleboard on her back.

Our thanks to Zhauganishi Anishnaube who is a member of our community for sharing another wonderful receipe with us. Metis Habitant Canning Baked Beans Feves Lard Conserve 4 c (2 Lb Pkg) dried navy beans 1 ts Dry Mustard... 4 Bacon slices cut 2 inch long 1 1/2 ts Salt 2 c Diced onion 1 c Maple syrup or 4 Tb Brown sugar 4 Tb Molasses Boil beans in 12 cups water 2 mins. Remove heat and let stand 1 hour. Drain and discard water. Cover beans with 1 inch of fresh water. Stir in remaining ingredients and heat at medium 20 mins. Add a piece of bacon and with slotted spoon fill jars 3/4 full beans. Add sauce from pot using 1 inch headspace. Yield 8 pint jars or servings. Process 10psi weight, or 11psi dial for 65 mins. Allow pressure drop to zero. Frere Jean precooked bacon draining grease. Use your own sauce recipe. Zhauganishi Anishnaube

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We are looking to understand the well-being of Veterans and their spouses in relation to lifestyle changes and concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will also examine changes in, and perceptions of, health care treatments during the pandemic.

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native American farming practices tell us that squash and beans likely were part of that 1621 dinner too.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com//native-chefs-thanksgivin/

Starting at 3pm EST on Friday November 20th! Mississauga Knowledge Holder Caleb Musgrave will be going live here on the ISSFC Page. He will be discussing tradit...ional Anishinaabeg foods of the autumn, Including Manoomin (Wild Rice), baasiminaan (dried berries), Mandamin (Corn), Okosimaan (Squash), Miskojiisiminag (beans) and many many more. He will discuss how we grow or find them, their nutritional value, and how we harvest and preserve them for winter. See more