TITLE:
Marie-Anne : the extraordinary life of Louis Riel's grandmother / Maggie Siggins.
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
Toronto : McClelland & Stewart,
Physical Description:
307 p. : maps.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
Summary:
In 1807 Marie-Anne Lagomodißere became the first white woman to make the canoe voyage from Quebec to the Red River Valley in western Canada as she accompanied her coureur du bois husband. She settled into the life and learned Cree and Ojibwe. She would be grandmother to Louis Riel.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780771080296
