Description
Walking in the Woods: A Métis Memoir is the updated edition of Herb Belcourt's memoir released in 2017 that details the life of Metis entrepreneur and businessman who dedicated his life to Metis urban housing as well as education. He was an entrepreneur and philanthropist from Lac St. Anne, Alberta. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by the University of Alberta in 2001, and was also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business in 2016. He has been inducted into both Alberta’s Hall of Fame and Edmonton's Hall of Fame, and January 20 was recently declared Herb Belcourt Day in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Belcourt died in 2017 at the age of 85. Recommended. Walking in the Woods: A Métis Memoir has been selected in the Young Adult/Adult Category Longlist for First Nation Communities READ 2018.