Billyjo Delaronde stole and hid the Bell of Batoche—ripped from the Metis in 1885, and held in a legion—for 22 years before giving it up. Now, in a way, it’s missing again. The Bell Of Batoche, ...
Thousands of Indigenous people gathered at the Batoche National Historic Site this weekend in what the community says is the largest Indigenous gathering in Canada and the second-largest in North ...
BATOCHE, Sask. — Métis youth, Elders and families gathered at Batoche on Tuesday to bless the ground where a new youth lodge will be built.
The Back to Batoche Festival is local near the historic site of the Battle of Batoche, a key event in Métis history. (Campbell Stevenson/CBC - image credit) The Back to Batoche festival completed its ...
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Thousands of people gathered over the weekend for Back to Batoche Days, a celebration of Métis heritage that recognizes the culture with music, dancing and various performances. Organizers said this ...
BATOCHE — The transfer of nearly 700 hectares of land at Batoche to the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is part of a “tangible” step towards reconciliation, Metis Nation-Saskatchewan’s president says. The ...
BATOCHE, Sask. – The longstanding mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Bell of Batoche was unravelled Saturday, as the man who stole it from an Ontario Legion hall in 1991 came forward. Billyjo ...
The bison have returned to Batoche. Glen McCallum, President of Metis Nation-Saskatchewan shared that ever since the signing of the government-to-government agreements with Canada, and they ...
On a fall night in 1991, Billyjo DeLaRonde snuck through the back door of the Royal Canadian Legion in Millbrook, Ont., and made for a glass display case. He removed a silver-plated bell, about 30 ...
This summer was supposed to be the big 50th anniversary celebrations of Back To Batoche Days. The one-of-a-kind celebration of the Métis Nation's culture, traditions and heritage at Batoche, about an ...