Who was Pierre Bottineau?

April 6, 2011

Bio: Pierre Bottineau was a Métis (French-Ojibwe/Cree)  man, born during a buffalo hunt near the Red River (present -day Grand Forks, ND)  in 1817 to an Ojibwe/Assiniboine mother and a French father from Quebec, Canada. Raised in St. Boniface (present-day Winnipeg) he spoke 4-5 languages, but likely had no schooling. When his name was pronounced […]

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THOUGHTS TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD: #356 – Dick Bernard: Bottineau Jig, Untold Tales of Early Minnesota

April 5, 2011

Two sold-out performances of Bottineau Jig, Untold Tales of Early Minnesota, attested to the interest in Dance Revels Moving History’s interpretation of the life and times of legendary Pierre Bottineau….   Thanks Dick Bernard for the article in your blog. To read full article click here    

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Bottineau Jig – Exploring diversity in early MN history

April 2, 2011

By Scott Marsalis on March 29, 2011 1:23 PM I’ve become involved in a local production called Bottineau Jig that seeks to explore issues of multicultural and multiracial identity through telling the stories of historical characters that lived in this area in the era preceding statehood. Drawing extensively on music and dance (Metis, French-Candian, Dakota, Scottish, Haitian, […]

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Bottineau Jig Language Project

April 2, 2011

How many languages can you hear in this audio clip?  What are they?   Bottineau Languages Bottineau  Jig Language Project. In order to create the sounds of  a multilingual Minnesota in the 1840s ,  Jane had the joy of recording the following message in many languages. “We live here because we need to. This land feeds […]

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Virgil Benoit talking about Pierre Bottineau and Bottineau Jig

April 1, 2011
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Bottineau Jig 2011 Cast

April 1, 2011

  M. Cochise Anderson (Little Crow): musician, actor, poet, spoken word performance artist, playwright, storyteller, and educator – studied at Portland (OR) State University and at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. Josette Antomarchi (Sister Philomene): Actress   is a French native. She studied theater and commedia dell’arte  with Jacques Lecoq in Paris, and […]

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A history not in the history books: “Bottineau Jig”

March 30, 2011

BY SHEILA REGAN, TC DAILY PLANET March 29, 2011 Choreographer and dance scholar Jane Peck has for the past 15 years been researching a time period that she says very few people know about. In the area around the Twin Cities, in the 20-30 years before the U.S.-Dakota War, it was normal for people to have blended marriages. […]

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The Dancing Nun

March 25, 2011

This is Bailey Anderson in the 2009 production of Mississippi Riverdance 1852, by Dance Revels Moving History, in Minneapolis Minnesota. A whimsical portrayal of the first Irish sister of St. Joseph, St. Paul, MN  

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What is the Bottineau Jig project?

March 20, 2011

The Bottineau Jig Project is a look into the lives of the mixed blood families of early Minnesota- 1840s. These were people courageous enough to blend their lives with others whose heritage was radically different from their own. Their stories are mostly unknown, as they were not the ones left holding the power in their […]

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Scottish Reel for Six

March 16, 2011

From Mississippi Riverdance 1852, by Dance Revels Moving History, in Minneapolis Minnesota, 2009. This is a ballroom version of the popular reel from 19th c. America. The characters represent some of the earliest settlers in Minnesota.  

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