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For the Record... On Métis Identity and Citizenship Within the Métis Nation
Tony Belcourt Aboriginal Policy Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2013, pp. 128-142. Author sends a rebuttal to Métis National Council President Clem Chartier regarding issues such as Homeland boundaries and a national acceptance process for Métis Nation Citizenship. More information... (Rating: 3.75, Votes: 8, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Getting into Michif
The Beaver, Vol. 80, No. 4, August/September 2000, p. 5. Briefly describes origins of the Michif language and the efforts being made to preserve and revive it. More information... (Rating: 3.00, Votes: 10, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Intersections of Memory, Ancestral Language, and Imagination; or, the Textual Production of Michif Voices as Cultural Weaponry
Pamela V. SIng Studies in Canadian Literature = Études en littérature canadienne, Vol. 31, No. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 95-115. Article focuses on the struggle for survival of Métis culture and language (Michif), in the face of an increasingly globalized world. More information... (Rating: 2.50, Votes: 6, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Language of Their Own
Margaret Arnett MacLeod Manitoba Pageant, Vol. 9, No. 3, April 1964, p. [?]. Brief article dealing with the Michif dialect. More information... (Rating: 2.50, Votes: 8, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Lips' Inking: Cree and Cree-Métis Authors' Writings of the Oral and What They Might Tell Educators
Susan Gingell Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 32, No. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 35-61, 154. Discussion on the mixing of Cree, Michif, and English languages in Indigenous communities; and looks at the evidence of how teachers are responding to this Indigenizing of EngUsh. [Find offline items for Gingell, Susan] More information... (Rating: 2.02, Votes: 47, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Marriage of Mother and Father: Michif Influences as Expressions of Métis Intellectual Sovereignty in Stories of the Road Allowance
Mareike Neuhaus Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 20-48. Argues that Maria Campbell's use of Michif was necessary to convey the true essence of the narratives. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Michif French Language: Historical Development and Métis Group Identity and Solidarity at St. Laurent, Manitoba
Guy A. Lavalle Native Studies Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1991, pp. 81-93. Commentary on origin and historical development and linguistic assimilation of language as a total way of life and symbol of identity for the Métis people. More information... (Rating: 3.50, Votes: 10, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Negotiating Métis Culture in Michif: Disrupting Indigenous Language Shift
Judy Iseke Decolonization, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2013, pp. 92-116. Looks at how Indigenous languages has been impacted by colonization and globalization. Also discusses the challenges for culture and language revitalization. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
An Overview of Métchif Adjectives
Richard A. Rhodes Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2013, pp. 101-115. Examines adjectives and adjective phrases in Métchif. More information... (Rating: 3.89, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Prelude to Red River: A Social Portrait of the Great Lakes Métis
Jacqueline Peterson Ethnohistory, Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter, 1978, pp. 41-67. Discusses Métis' role as intermediary between First Nations and settlers in the18th and 19th centuries More information... (Rating: 2.86, Votes: 14, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
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Lorraine Mayer, Norman Fleury Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2013, p. 133. Brief poem as part of a series of short, original creative works written in any one of Canada's First languages. Text in Michif. More information... (Rating: 5.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Speaking Michif in Four Métis Communities
John C. Crawford Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1983, pp. 47-55. Survey of the Michif language in communities in Manitoba and North Dakota indicates it developed before the westward movement of the Métis. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Talk Medicine: Envisioning the Effects of Aboriginal Language Revitalization in Manitoba Schools
Brent Delaine First Nations Perspectives Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010, pp. 65-88. Looks at the seven indigenous languages of Manitoba, some more threatened then others, and the possibility of revitalizing these languages in Manitoba schools. More information... (Rating: 3.93, Votes: 14, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
"When the Stories Disappear, Our People Will Disappear": Notes on Language and Contemporary Literature of the Saskatchewan Plains Cree and Métis
Peter Bakker Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 8, No. 4, European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. 30-45. Looks at various Cree dialects and gives examples of sacred stories, myths, and legends told in both Cree and Michif. Scroll down to access article More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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