"Our Metis Way" Dee Johnston's Metis Nation Family Website
"Pray that God may preserve the little Metis nation, and cause it to grow... and remain faithful to its mission. During five years thatI must pass in exile, I have only this to say to the Metis Nation , remain Metis people, become more Metis than ever." Louis Riel 1875
Colleen Daignault
"You will always be within our souls"
It's been twenty years
But still we shed tears;
Tears for what should have been
Tears for what we should have seen
The sparkle in your eyes,
There will never be a wedding band
There will never be any grandchildren
There will never be a woman's stand
There is no reason
for your leaving
Just a sad hole in our hearts;
And after twenty years,
We're all still grieving
You were taken from us
with absolutely no warning;
The question - why?
I ask almost every morning.