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In traditional music and dance, Métis fiddling and jigging combine European and Indigenous influences ( see Music of the Métis ). Métis fiddle music is generally up-tempo and is accompanied by the fast footwork of jiggers.
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Because his owner had died.
The French colonization strategy was based around working with natives, mainly trading with them. English tactics were to push out and destroy native populations in order to build a new British society.