Lii Mimwayr Di Faamii (Family Memories)

These stories were originally published in Lii Mimwayr Di Faamii (Family Memories), a compilation of stories from members of Gabriel Dumont Local 11, a Métis Local in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The work began as oral stories, recorded over Zoom during the pandemic. The stories were then transcribed and edited into a Special Edition of Folklore Magazine, published in December 2021.

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  • Nora Cumming’s mother’s family taken at a cousin’s funeral in the Road Allowance community near Lansdowne Avenue, near where Aden Bowman Collegiate now stands.

    Growing Up on Saskatoon’s Road Allowance

  • Clarence Trotchie, Faye Maurice’s father, playing hockey ca. 1950s

    Looking Through My Old Photos

  • Flora Marie Trottier

    Grandma's Little Helper

  • Georgina Nolin, mother of Wilfred Burton and granddaughter of Rosalie Lepine and Charles Nolin; daughter of Gabriel Nolin and Eliza Delorme

    Rosalie Lepine and Her Miraculous Cure

  • Senator Nora Cummings and a Roogaroo, 2023. Photo courtesy of Nora Cummings.

    Orland the Roogaroo

  • Lucille Scott, 2021. Acrylic. In Ride, Gabe, Ride. Burton, Wilfred. Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, 2021, p. 31. Source: Wilfred Burton.

    The Handsome Stranger

  •  McKenna Ramsay, "Li Roogaroo," 2023. Digital painting. Source: McKenna Ramsay. Used with permission.

    The Secret Transformation