I would be interested in knowing more. I loved going to Winnepeg years ago and learning a bit about Metis. I am sure many made it to my neck of the woods...lots of French names among my classmates. Riel wrote some great songs I have heard, and I will always believe he wrote the Chanson de Riel in his imprisonment...you must hear that song..it is so beautiful...the Hawaian connection is interesting..when I lived in Vancouver, Washington..visited the old Fort Vancouver often..there was quite a Hawaian contingent there..in fact most of the employees..if you can call indentured people employees..were Hawaian. They rowed up to Kalama, which is a Hawaian name...I feel I might be spelling Hawaian wrong all the way through here but oh well..they were also used as pile drivers. The king of Hawaii made a deal with Hudson's Bay and sent workers there for a time..and they worked off their servitude and were free to stay after and many did..Aloha Oregon was also named by Hawaians. Very interesting history. They do at the fort a Christmas Hawaian re-enactment with some of the local Hawaian people who are descended from the original people. I imagine but do not know that there was a fair amount of intermarriage with the Native Americans. mg