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Red River Cart rolls into St. Albert Public
Kevin Ma - St. Albert Gazette · Posted: Jun 18, 2025 5:19 PM MDT
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"Sir Alexander Mackenzie students will get to ride through history this week as St. Albert Public Schools unveils its new Red River cart.
SAM School students will be the first in St. Albert this June 20 to get hands-on with a Red River cart recently acquired by the St. Albert Public school district. The cart’s rollout corresponds with the lead-up to National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21.
Amy Watson, the district’s Indigenous education facilitator, said she asked Saskatchewan artist Garry Patterson to make this half-sized cart to help teach students about Métis history and other subjects. The cart arrived at district office in late May."
Making replica Red River carts helps Métis man build and share a sense of culture, pride
Renée Lilley - CBC News · Posted: Jun 12, 2022 2:00 AM MDT
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"Although he's retired, Garry Patterson has found a way to keep rolling by making small replica Red River carts, an iconic symbol of the Métis people.
The retired plumber, a Métis Nation-Saskatchewan member who lives in Canwood, about 130 kilometres north of Saskatoon, decided to try making a cart while researching them.
The carts were used to travel across the Prairies, hauling goods pulled by horse or oxen. They could also transform into a raft or a shelter. They contain no screws or nails, just wood mechanisms. But Patterson said it was the wheels that piqued his interest the most."
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