Abstract provided by the Gabriel Dumont Institute: Walter was interviewed on April 5, 1984 in Batoche, Saskatchewan. In this interview Walter discusses the type of houses he lived in, furniture, family background, his father was partially blind thus causing a little more difficulty in finding work. Walter also discusses scrip, farming, chores, food sources, languages, religion, Métis pride, entertainment, clothing, politics, illnesses, medicines, dances, music, and school.----------------------------------------------------------Keywords: Métis, Land use (Subsistence Patterns), Scrip, Disease & Sickness
Fiddler, Walter. Interview by Victoria Rose Racette. Transcript. April 5, 1984. Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture. Gabriel Dumont Institute. http://www.metismuseum.ca/resource.php/01063