Kristi Bridgeman & Lisa Shepherd Trade Route Map Books • Drape your bed

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Handmade Métis Rose Beaded Pin by Artist Kathleen Klein

Glass beads and Melton wool front & back

This unoccupied crown land became one of the meagre options for many impoverished Métis families as so few owned land

Printed locally

Kristi Bridgeman & Lisa Shepherd Trade Route Map Books • Drape your bedKristi Bridgeman and Lisa Shepherd This map shows the trade routes and historical landing places of Mtis people in BC, indicated by mousetracks and flower beadwork. Each flower is numbered and the legend tells the name of the relating fort or landing place of significant Mtis interest. The four directions are indicated in the Michif language. The land geography and its relationship to Mtis people, kinship ties and the birth of British Columbia are