A Quote from Louis Riel
"Very polite and amiable may sometimes say to a Métis, 'You don't look at all like a Métis. You surely can't have much Indian blood. Why, you could pass anywhere for pure White'.
It is true that our Indian origin is humble, but it is indeed just that we honour our mothers as well as our fathers. Why should we be so preoccupied with what degree of mingling we have of European and Indian blood? No matter how little we have of one or of the other, do not both gratitude and filial love require us to make a point of saying, 'We are Métis'?"
It is true that our Indian origin is humble, but it is indeed just that we honour our mothers as well as our fathers. Why should we be so preoccupied with what degree of mingling we have of European and Indian blood? No matter how little we have of one or of the other, do not both gratitude and filial love require us to make a point of saying, 'We are Métis'?"
