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Métis Women Gathering: Visiting Together and Voicing Wellness for Ourselves

Alternate Title
Metis Women Gathering: Visiting Together and Voicing Wellness for ourselves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Corrigal Flaminio
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Leah Marie Dorion
AlterNative, vol. 16, no. 1, March 2020, pp. 55-63
Authors examine the ways that gathering to share knowledge and community affects the wellness of Métis women; focus on themes of (a) Importance of Métis women gathering together; (b) Visiting is changing; (c) Learning-by-doing and kinship; (d) Métis women’s gatherings, community, and wellness; (e) Métis-specific spaces to share stories; and (f) Pride in Métis women’s identity.
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Métis Youth Health in BC

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[S. Tsuruda
A. Smith
C. Poon
C. Hoogeveen
E. Saewyc]
Brief report based on data from the 2008 BC Adolescent Health Survey (AHS).
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[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]

Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
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Mukluks and Moccasins: A Manitoba Success Story

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine McIntyre
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 18

Looks at two Métis entrepreneurs whose company, Manitoba Mukluks, employs 50 Aboriginal workers and sells their product worldwide.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

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The Myth of Swan: The Case of Regina v. Taylor

Alternate Title
The Myth of Swan: The Case of R. v. Taylor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Dawn Mills
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 255-270
Discusses the principles of sentencing circles in Dene and Métis communities and uses the Dene mythic hero Swan to illustrate the principles in relation to several recent cases.
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The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North America

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 256-258
Book review of: The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North America (4th printing) edited by Jacqueline Peterson and Jennifer S.H. Brown.
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Order Up! The Decolonizing Politics of Howard Adams and Maria Campbell with a Side of Imagining Otherwise

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Voth
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 16-36
Discusses the texts Halfbreed (Campbell, 1973) and Prison of Grass (Adams, 1975), contrasting their treatments of gender in the discussion of colonial violence; calls on contemporary scholars to consider in their works “the way gender is animated in a decolonizing political movement.”
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Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery: An Archaeological Approach to Cemetery Management

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike A. Markowski
Kara Wolfe
Troy Zimmer
Saskatchewan History, vol. 67, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 20-27
Describes a project undertaken by the St. Laurent Shrine Committee, with the help of Canada North Environmental Services, in 2013 to complete a detailed recording of all marked and unmarked graves located in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in the Métis community of St. Laurrent. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 20.
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[Paul v. Canada, 2002 FCT 615]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Federal Court of Canada
Case involved request for an interlocutory injunction of the final land claim agreement in order that the independence of the North Slave Métis Alliance could be established.
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Paykiiwikay Métis Culture [Podcast]

Alternate Title
Promoting the Michif Language through Art
Learning Michif through Traditional and Contemporary Food
The History of the Michif Language
Losing the Michif Language
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Leah Dorion

Guests discusses a variety of topics related to Métis culture . Interviews are approximately 30 minutes long.

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Prevalence and Predictors of Health Risk Behaviours During Early Pregnancy: Saskatoon Pregnancy and Health Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nazeem Muhajarine
Carl D'Arcy
Lindsay Edouard
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 6, 1997, pp. 375-379
Examines the use of harmful substances during pregnancy. Harmful substances include alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, and psychoactive drugs. The research shows the relationship between socio-economical conditions and substance use.
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A Really Good Brown Girl

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Harriet Zaidman
CM, vol. 3, no. 9, January 3, 1997, p. [?]
Book review of: A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont.
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Reconciliation and the Métis of Canada

Alternate Title
Reconciliation and the Métis Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nicholas Vrooman
Kerry Sloan
Nathalie Kermoal
Presenters discuss Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa of Montana's struggle for federal recognition, British Columbia Métis' perspectives on harvesting rights, and Canative Housing Corporation located in Edmonton, Alberta. Duration: 1:31:39.
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Reflections on Métissage as an Indigenous Research Praxis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Burke
Rheanna Robinson
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 150-157

Authors discuss the possibilities and limitations inherent in their use of Métissage—assemblage through mixing, blending—as a research method in their PhD studies.

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Researched to Life: The Métis Nation of Alberta on Health Research

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fran Hyndman
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 171-178
Lists several initiatives researching Métis health in Alberta. Includes Agreement struck by Metis Nation of Alberta, Alberta government and Canada.
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Review Essay: Justice and Healing: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

Alternate Title
Purich's Aboriginal Issues Series
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane
Critical Criminology, vol. 6, no. 2, 1995, pp. 140-160
Book reviews of: Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present, and Future by Brian Goehring. The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner. Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by John Hylton. Continuing Poundmaker and Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice edited by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson and Roger Carter.
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Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Tribute to an adolescent who committed suicide after moving in and out of 28 foster homes. This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised. Duration: 29:10.
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