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Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 2003
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, Keeping Her Family Strong by Barbra Nahwegahbow.
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty #3
Alternate Title
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty 3
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty No. 3
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty Three
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David T. McNab
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 131-149
Description
Reviews the Metis role in the negotiations of Treaty 3 and disputes Treaty Commissioner Alexander Morris' statement that the Metis had a persuasive influence.
Helen Adelaide Ouellette Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Helen Adelaide Ouellette
Judy M. Thibodeau
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview covers recollections of childhood family experiences and school; and comments on economic conditions, racial attitudes, church and politics.(NOTE: There is a very loud hum on Side A of this tape for the first 9 pages, frequently making it impossible to decipher what is being said.)
Helen E. & Joe Wheaton Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Helen E. Wheaton
Joe Wheaton
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Helen and Joe Wheaton lived in Prince Albert where Joe worked for the Saskatchewan government. They were active in the CCF party and became friends of Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady.
Helga M. Reydon Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Helga M. Reydon
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Helga Reydon worked for many years for the Department of Natural Resources in Prince Albert. She knew Malcolm Norris, Jim Brady and Pete Tomkins.
Henry Dufresne and Charles Trottier
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Reg Taylor
Description
Henry Dufresne (left) and Charles Trottier (right) who lived in Loon Lake in 1947. During the Rebellion Dufresne was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company and surrendered to the Indians with 27 others at Fort Pitt. Trottier was a lieutenant of Gabriel Dumont at Duck Lake.
Historical note:
This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885. The article appeared in the Star Phoenix October 23, 1947."Hero of the Half-Breed Rebellion": Gabriel Dumont and Late Victorian Military Masculinity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Barrett
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 48, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 79-107
Description
Looks at how Métis General Gabriel Dumont is portrayed in modern interpretations of the 1885 North-West Rebellion.
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Métis Nation
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
William Benoit
Janet La France
Description
Podcast features researchers from Library and Archives Canada's and the Saint-Boniface Historical Society discussing how their institutions are helping people discover their ancestry and identity.
Duration: 38:24.
Historic Metis Communities of Ontario: An Evaluation of Evidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Adese
Daryl Leroux
Darren O'Toole
Description
Examines documents used to support three communities' assertion that they should be considered part of the Métis nation. They are: historic Georgian Bay Métis community; historic Mattawa Métis community; and historic Sault Ste Marie Métis community.
Historical Archives on the Métis Experience in Northeastern Alberta
Alternate Title
Métis in Northeastern Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tereasa Maillie
Description
Information from files in Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) and at the University of Alberta Archives. Topics: traplines, applications for permission to trap, and pertinent legislative documents, proposed Métis settlement in the 1950s and the Métis Settlement Act, and development of the Athabasca Oil Sands region.
Historical Métis Communities in Region One of the Métis Nation of Alberta, 1881-1916
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Jonathan Anuik
Description
Investigation into whether there was a Métis presence in the Wood Buffalo region uses descriptive narrative records from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, census data, surnames of enumerated individuals in Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, Lac La Biche, and North West Halfbreed Scrip applications.
History of Métis Lands in Alberta
Alternate Title
An Alternative to Scrip: Saint-Paul-des-Métis
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
The Moccasin Flats Evictions: Métis Home, Forced Relocation, and Resilience in Fort McMurray, Alberta
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nathalie Kermoal
Tara Joly
Almer Waniandy
Description
Two presentations: "An Alternative to Scrip: Saint-Paul-des-Métis" and "The Moccasin Flats Evictions: Métis Home, Forced Relocation, and Resilience in Fort McMurray, Alberta" followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:16:26.
History of Métis Lands in Alberta
Alternate Title
Families on the Move: Scrip and Stories of Migration
Métis Archaeology, Land, and Rights in Alberta
Métis Land: Rights & Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip and the Edmonton River Lot Inhabitants
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kisha Supernant
Alice Glaze
Leah Hrycun
Description
Three presentations: "Métis Archaeology, Land, and Rights in Alberta", "Families on the Move: Scrip and Stories of Migration", and "Métis Scrip and the Edmonton River Lot Inhabitants". Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:39:37.
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charles Pelham Mulvaney
Description
"Comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the war ... scenes in the field, the camp, and the cabin; including a history of the Indian tribes of North-Western Canada," including chapters about Poundmaker.
Hivernant Métis Families, Brigades and Settlements in the Cypress Hills
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Elliot
Description
Attempts to identify the 277 signatories to 1878 petition sent to the North West Territorial government which discussed issues such as reserve land, farming assistance, and games laws concerning buffalo hunting.
Homesteading at Wilcox
Articles » General
Author/Creator
S. T. St. John
Saskatchewan History, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, January 1949, pp. 23-27
Description
An account of the experience of traveling to Canada from the United States in 1901, of staking a homesteading claim, and of settling on the prairies; documents the settler practice of purchasing Métis land scrip and then filing it for the purpose of European settlement. Includes some discussion of Jock Henderson, the executioner of Louis Riel.
Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 23.
Honore Jaxon (William Henry Jackson) - Portrait
Images » Photographs
Description
Portrait of Honore Jaxon, holding a cane in his left hand and a hat in his right.
Historical note:
Honore Jaxon, aka William Henry Jackson. Jaxon was Riel's secretary leading up to the Northwest Resistance and his only white Protestant follower. Prior to this he had been secretary of the Prince Albert Settler's Union. After the resistance he escaped to the United States where he was active in the Labour Movement and the Bahai faith.Housing the Homeguard at Moose Factory: 1730-1982
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Judd
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 23-37
Description
Traces the historical and social aspects of a housing site initially built by employees of the Hudson Bay Company post, which became a Metis settlement.
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
Alternate Title
Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Linda Connor]
[Brian Hull]
[Connie Wyatt Anderson]
Description
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
Howard Adams Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Howard Adams
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Howard Adams, the first Metis in Canada to obtain a Ph.D., was at one time the president of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan. He was impressed by the political awareness of the people and attributes this to the work of Malcolm Norris.