JOHN WEINSTEIN has worked with the M�tis since the 1970s. He has been an advisor to successive M�tis leaders enabling him to participate in and document many of the events depicted in Quiet Revolution West. He accompanied the mercurial Harry Daniels to Parliament Hill on the day M�tis were recognized in the constitution and appeared as a witness for the fledgling M�tis National Council in its lawsuit against Prime Minister Trudeau over the issue of representation in constitutional negotiations.