Foster Child
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gil Cardinal
Description
Documentary about Mètis filmmaker Gil Cardinal's search for his family roots.
Duration: 43:05.
Historical note:
Honore Jaxon, aka William Henry Jackson. Jaxon was Riel's secretary leading up to the Northwest Resistance and his only white Protestant follower. Prior to this he had been secretary of the Prince Albert Settler's Union. After the resistance he escaped to the United States where he was active in the Labour Movement and the Bahai faith.