REGINA — Many in the Metis community are reacting with sorrow and skepticism to the sale on eBay of artifacts claimed to be from a Metis leader involved in the 1885 Battle of Batoche. The seller writes on eBay that she believes the medicine bag, feather and stick is from a grave, and mentions the Battle of Batoche in her post. But Geordy McCaffrey, the executive director of the Gabriel Dumont Institute, an organization that promotes Metis culture through research and educational programs, questions whether the artifact is even Metis. “I believe the artifact in question likely comes from First Nations, rather than Metis.”Some comments on the eBay post are urging the seller to return the artifacts to Batoche. The artifacts went for sale on Oct. 21, with the starting bid at $10 and by Friday, the bid was at $525.

Source: National Post October 28, 2017 03:00 UTC