Gilbert Anderson, Northern Alberta Métis Fiddler
- Meeting Gilbert Anderson
- History of Métis Fiddling in Northern Alberta
- Métis Fiddling Tradition
- Influences
- Growing Up on Enoch Cree Nation Reserve
- Mythical Fiddler
- Dancing at Enoch
- Historic Fiddle Recording at Enoch
- Early Transportation
- Travelling Fiddlers
- Andy DeJarlis
- Clogging
- Technology Arrives
- Visitors to Enoch
- Gilbert Takes Up Fiddling
- Lawrence Anderson
- Annual Gathering of the Michel First Nation
- Conclusion
The history of Métis fiddling in Northern Alberta stretches back to the earliest days of exploration and settlement in the West, much of which was connected with the fur trade.
In his memoir Buffalo Days and Nights, respected Métis guide and interpreter Peter Erasmus reports that French Métis fiddlers from Lac Ste. Anne played for the Christmas celebrations at Fort Edmonton in 1856. A list of dances published in the Edmonton Bulletin on 3 February 1896 includes several of Métis and Scottish origin.
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