An Indigenous ethnic group that is native to Canada and some of the United States. The Métis are descended from Indigenous peoples and European settlers, especially French trappers, and have been recognized as a distinct group since 1982.
Métis Quotes in The Marrow Thieves
The The Marrow Thieves quotes below are all either spoken by Métis or refer to Métis. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I was nicknamed Frenchie as much for my name as for my people—the Metis. I came from a long line of hunters, trappers, and voyageurs. But now, with most of the rivers cut into pieces and lakes left as grey sludge puckers on the landscape, my own history seemed like a myth along the lines of dragons.
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Métis Term Timeline in The Marrow Thieves
The timeline below shows where the term Métis appears in The Marrow Thieves. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Fire
...adults in the group. Chi-Boy is seventeen and from the Cree lands. Frenchie is sixteen, Métis, and wears his long hair in a braid. There are twelve-year-old twins, Tree and Zheegwon,...
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