Fiddling to fit in: Lenny Dumont embraces Métis roots through music – meadowlakeNOW

Aug 12, 2024

BATOCHE, SK. — As you look through the branches of the Dumont family tree, one name immediately catches the eye: Gabriel Dumont.

Dumont is one of the most recognizable figures in Métis history. He is best known for his role in the 1885 North-West Resistance as a key Métis military commander and ally of Louis Riel.

While Dumont had no children of his own, his elder brother Isidore Dumont Jr. had 15 children before his death in the Battle of Duck Lake.

Isidore’s son Jean Baptiste Dumont carried on the Dumont name, passing it on to his son, and eventually his grandson — Lenny Dumont.

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