Lii Mimwayr Di Faamii (Family Memories)

These stories were originally published in Lii Mimwayr Di Faamii (Family Memories), and Metis Rogaroo and Superstition Stories, a compilation from members of Gabriel Dumont Local 11. The work from Lii Mimwayr Di Famii began as oral stories, recorded over Zoom during the pandemic. The stories were then transcribed and edited into a Special Edition of Folklore Magazine, published in December 2021. The second set of stories were done orally as well, then transcribed and published in a special edition of Folklore Magazine published in 2023.

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  • Nora Cumming’s mother’s family taken at a cousin’s funeral in the Road Allowance community near Lansdowne Avenue, near where Aden Bowman Collegiate now stands.

    Growing Up on Saskatoon’s Road Allowance

  • Clarence Trotchie, Faye Maurice’s father, playing hockey ca. 1950s

    Looking Through My Old Photos

  • Flora Marie Trottier

    Grandma's Little Helper

  • Georgina Nolin, mother of Wilfred Burton and granddaughter of Rosalie Lepine and Charles Nolin; daughter of Gabriel Nolin and Eliza Delorme

    Rosalie Lepine and Her Miraculous Cure

  • Senator Nora Cummings and a Roogaroo, 2023. Photo courtesy of Nora Cummings.

    Orland the Roogaroo

  • Lucille Scott, 2021. Acrylic. In Ride, Gabe, Ride. Burton, Wilfred. Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, 2021, p. 31. Source: Wilfred Burton.

    The Handsome Stranger

  •  McKenna Ramsay, "Li Roogaroo," 2023. Digital painting. Source: McKenna Ramsay. Used with permission.

    The Secret Transformation