Walking in the Woods: A Metis Journey
by Herb Belcourt

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Reflecting on his evolving identity as “a human being, a Canadian and a Métis westerner,” Herb Belcourt tells the remarkable story of one family’s enduring connection to the dramatic history of western Canada. Belcourt traces his ancestry directly to an early French-Canadian voyageur and his Cree-Métis wife who lived in Rupert’s Land after 1800. The eldest of ten children, Belcourt grew up in a small log home near Lac Ste. Anne during the Depression. His father purchased furs from local First Nations and Métis trappers and, with arduous work, began a family fur trading business that survives to this day. When Belcourt left home at 15 to become a labourer in coal mines and sawmills, his father told him to save his money so he could work for himself. Over the next three decades, Belcourt began a number of small Alberta businesses that prospered and eventually enabled him to make significant contributions to the Métis community in Alberta.

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Weight:	0.35 kg
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ISBN-10:	189714217X
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781897142172
Author:	Herb Belcourt
Publisher:	Brindle & Glass Edmonton, AB
Publication Date:	10/2006
Pages:	224 pp
Size/Dimensions:	6 x 9
Binding:	Paperback