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Join Métis Knowledge Keeper, George Fayant, to build your own model-sized Métis Red River Cart. Learn about the important role Red River carts played in Métis culture.
This is an in-person program. Ages 13+ are welcome to attend.
Presented as part of Frost 2025.
Presenter information:
George is a proud Métis man born and raised in southern Saskatchewan near the Qu’Appelle Valley. George comes from a family of construction workers and carpenters and has been involved in the industry for over thirty years. He started working for his father’s company when he was14 years old. They sided, shingled and painted all the Pioneer grain elevators throughout the three Prairie Provinces.
George went on to attain his degree in business administration from the First Nations University of Canada/University of Regina in 1998 and spent several years in various governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the administration field.
George has been building Red River Carts since 1998. He builds them in various scales and gives presentations and workshops on the history of the carts and how they were built using antique tools.
George has given numerous presentations at elementary, high and community schools as well as the Universities of Regina and Saskatoon. He has been a long time presence at Regina’s annual Indigenous People’s Day celebration.
Central Library, the largest of the nine Branches in the Regina Public Library system, is a social and informational hub in the heart of downtown Regina. The Library maintains an extensive calendar of programs, training opportunities, art exhibits in the Dunlop Art Gallery, along with film screenings in the Library's very own repertory film theatre!
