Followed by live Q&A with Director Trevor Cameron and Daina Warren, Urban Shaman Director.
Detached from his Métis roots, and living in Toronto, Trevor pilots a campervan across North America to track the life and legacy of his childhood hero and great-great-great uncle, Métis leader Gabriel Dumont.
Trevor follows the life path of Dumont, from his birth in what would become Manitoba, to his life further south and west as a buffalo hunter, husband, trader, hunter, negotiator, and businessman. We follow the events of the 1885 uprising and his escape from Canadian authorities to his life in the United States, working with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show. Dumont’s later return to Canada is seen as a symbol against Canadian Imperialism, and now recognized as an important chapter in the history of Canada as the country was challenged to define its identity. Trevor Cameron was born in Edmonton. His family is mixed race, Scottish and Métis (Cree and French).
Curated by Niki Little, Artistic Director of imagineNATIVE. Presented in partnership with Urban Shaman and imagineNATIVE.
