{"id":95,"date":"2012-08-30T19:15:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lynxcommunications.ca\/henteleff\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2016-10-12T16:23:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T16:23:17","slug":"metis-roots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/metis-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9tis Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-189\" title=\"99028 HTN-red river\" src=\"http:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/99028-HTN-red-river.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/99028-HTN-red-river.jpg 280w, https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/99028-HTN-red-river-1x2.jpg 1w, https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/99028-HTN-red-river-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>The roots of our city and our province stretch back to the banks of the Red River of two centuries ago. The first M\u00e9tis families settled here shortly after the Selkirk Settlers arrived in 1812. Since 1822, the nutrient-rich soil of\u00a0what is now Henteleff Park was the ideal setting for the farms of several M\u00e9tis families. The river provided the water for their crops, the fish to supplement their diets, and the transportation to move their harvest.<\/p>\n<p>The Frobisher, Lacoste and Normand families thrived along the riverbank. The market garden community was a diverse ethnic mix of nationalities, in addition to the M\u00e9tis families and the Henteleffs. M\u00e9tis farms were the foundation of the Market Gardeners\u2019 Society, formed in 1903.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The roots of our city and our province stretch back to the banks of the Red River of two centuries ago. The first M\u00e9tis families settled here shortly after the Selkirk Settlers arrived in 1812. Since 1822, the nutrient-rich soil of\u00a0what is now Henteleff Park was the ideal setting for the farms of several M\u00e9tis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377,"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}