Metis guitar player George Mandeville is from Denı́nu Kų́ę́ / Fort Resolution, NT. He was just 10 years old when he picked up a guitar. George attended high school in Yellowknife, boarded at Akaitcho Hall and played with the band, “The Auroras”. After he graduated, he stayed on in Yellowknife, worked as a carpenter and raised a family. At 9 years old, George’s son, Lee picked up the fiddle. Since then the father-son duo has released 3 CDs of traditional Metis fiddle music and performed on national and international stages, sharing and celebrating their Metis traditions.

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