I Am a Metis: The Story of Gerry St. Germain Books when there were few friendly

when there were few friendly faces for First Nations leaders on Parliament Hill

bison hunting was integral to the Métis’ social

and the shame he once felt over his Metis heritage

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I Am a Metis: The Story of Gerry St. Germain Books when there were few friendlyGerry St. Germain's story begins in "Petit Canada" on the shores of the Assiniboine, growing up with his two younger sisters, his mother and his father a shy Metis trapper and construction worker who sometimes struggled to put food on the table. St. Germain was initially troubled in school, scrapping with classmates and often skipping out to shoot pool, but an aunt and uncle with some extra cash paid his tuition to Catholic school, where a nun