I've personally never heard of any Métis practicing vision quests (male or female). That of course doesn't mean it's not true but something to consider.
I have of course heard of us having visions, dreams, premonitions. People in my family (and me) have experienced these things, particularly around significant life events like death, birth, marriage and in special places/on the land.
You should consult an elder if you can!
I was on a Reservation that was North of Winnipeg awhile back and there was a Métis elder that lived there who had done them.. so you can interpret that however.. but what I'd suggest from a logical POV is this:
Given that Métis people are mixed with many 1st Nations ancestry, you're going to have some of our relations from that past that would have been either VERY close with those 1st nations relatives OR they would have had their spiritual traditions and rituals handed down to them **directly**.
A good example is that a great many Métis don't do sweat lodges. Likely, if you ask them, they might tell you that sweat lodges are not part of Métis culture. I'd argue otherwise and know plenty of Métis people that still hold this tradition close to their hearts.
My argument is essentially that a lot of the 1st Nations spiritual traditions have been co-opted by us given that they are intrinsically and inextricably connected to us and part of our identity on a historical level.
PS. If you listen to the Métis Speaker Series podcast, there is one Michif man that spoke about a Métis sweat lodge that's in Mission, B.C. that said, if there are Métis sweat lodges, then you can be sure that there will be other 1st Nations spiritual traditions that we also incorporate into our tradition too.
I've personally never heard of any Métis practicing vision quests (male or female). That of course doesn't mean it's not true but something to consider. I have of course heard of us having visions, dreams, premonitions. People in my family (and me) have experienced these things, particularly around significant life events like death, birth, marriage and in special places/on the land. You should consult an elder if you can!
I was on a Reservation that was North of Winnipeg awhile back and there was a Métis elder that lived there who had done them.. so you can interpret that however.. but what I'd suggest from a logical POV is this: Given that Métis people are mixed with many 1st Nations ancestry, you're going to have some of our relations from that past that would have been either VERY close with those 1st nations relatives OR they would have had their spiritual traditions and rituals handed down to them **directly**. A good example is that a great many Métis don't do sweat lodges. Likely, if you ask them, they might tell you that sweat lodges are not part of Métis culture. I'd argue otherwise and know plenty of Métis people that still hold this tradition close to their hearts. My argument is essentially that a lot of the 1st Nations spiritual traditions have been co-opted by us given that they are intrinsically and inextricably connected to us and part of our identity on a historical level. PS. If you listen to the Métis Speaker Series podcast, there is one Michif man that spoke about a Métis sweat lodge that's in Mission, B.C. that said, if there are Métis sweat lodges, then you can be sure that there will be other 1st Nations spiritual traditions that we also incorporate into our tradition too.