Category Archives: Genealogy
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The Tree: Vanished
8October 25, 2014 by LeVoyageur
In one word, a scholar writing about French Detroit encapsulates conventional thinking about French-Canadian culture on the American side of …
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The Tree: “Cowboys and Indians” — Genealogy and Objectification
4June 7, 2014 by LeVoyageur
Most Native people have from the very beginning, a sense of where their grandparents came from, who they descended from. …
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The Tree: Genealogy, Social Elites, and Personal Narratives
2February 4, 2014 by LeVoyageur
French Canadian culture has a special affinity for genealogy. One reason for this is well-known: our ancestries can often be …
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Metis in America?
8January 17, 2014 by LeVoyageur
As more people in the Great Lakes area, particularly on the US side, come to understand that they have metis …
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The Tree: Forgetting and the Right to Privacy
6October 21, 2013 by LeVoyageur
We still have sorrows that are passed to us from early generations, those to handle besides our own, and cruelties …
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The Tree: Finding Our Cousins – The ‘Fun’ of Genealogy
5October 14, 2013 by LeVoyageur
After a considerable break from writing on my usual topics here at The Red Cedar, I am happy to be …
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THE STORYKEEPERS PROJECT #5: “RIVER CANARD”
5August 5, 2013 by LeVoyageur
Originally posted on Voyageur Heritage:
VIVIAN LeMAY for THE STORYKEEPERS PROJECT Vivian LeMay, the author of The Last Lord of Paradise…
