LaReine Boucher

Mrs. Peter Harkness was born LaReine Boucher Nov 14/1850. She is my great (x3) grandmother on the other side of my paternal heritage. Her father, Paul Boucher was part Sioux and part Montagnais, perhaps first generation Metis also. His own father was part Sioux. Her mother was Louise Marcellais born in Assiniboia. I was curious as to what the Minnesota Massacre was after reading in this article ..."remembers well the day when Sioux Indians in search of food, came fresh from the Minnesota Massacre to their home, and her father providing them with food, then quietly moving his little family to a distant woods for fair-haired children apparently had an attraction for the roving tribe...". Perhaps this took place in the home where she was born, at the corner of River & Wellington Crescent , before her parent's land was taken away. The Sioux that arrived must have been her dad's relatives.I found some info about MM on YouTube will try to post.

Feast and Feeding the Bear

The idea to do this was offered at the Sweat when I told of the last bear dream.  The one where the bear was skinny and sickly looking and trying to get my attention...so unlike the powerful bear dreams of the last 20 years...and how it disturbed me to think the bear had wanted  to communicate with me and I never did because I was to busy running away in terror from it.
 
 Jennifer and I both drummed, sang and talked. One song was in Cree and it was called the Travelling Bear song.