Tag: Huot

Chautauqua & French-Canadian Metis Festival

A celebration of Native American and French-Canadian culture returns to the region this weekend.  The annual Chautauqua and French-Canadian Metis Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday southwest of Red Lake Falls.  Virgil Benoit, president of the Association of the French of the North (the festival’s sponsors), talks about the festival. Benoit says it’s not…
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August 23, 2023 0

Chatauqua French-Canadian Metis Festival

The 40th annual Chatauqua and French-Canadian Metis Festival will take place this weekend in Huot, near Red Lake Falls.  There will be a potluck picnic Friday night at 6:30, followed by a bonfire, storytelling and singing by Dan Schmitz.  Twylla Altepeter, editor of the Fertile Journal, talks about Saturday’s events. Throughout the weekend, artists and…
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August 23, 2022 0