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Caring Is the Universal Language

E-Books
Author/Creator
Jody Nyasha Warner

Three stories about bullying prevention, justice and belonging told in English, Cree, Inuktitut, Michif, Mohawk, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, and Oneida.

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Colouring Book

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jackie Lever

Teaches children the alphabet using images and brief explanations about how they relate to Metis culture. Words are in English and Southern Michif.

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Count to Ten the Métis Way

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
School District 79 Aboriginal Education
Cowichan Valley Metis Nation

Colouring and activity book teaches children to count to ten in Michif.

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[Exploring the Languages of Métis]

Alternate Title
[Language of the Métis Classroom Labels]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute, Education Team]

Designed for Grade 4.

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Indigenous Voices

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
Collection includes Métis oral histories in heritage languages and a selection of children's books in Michif-Cree and English.
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Joining the Circle: A Guide for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Families, and Schools

Alternate Title
A Circle of Caring
E-Books
Author/Creator
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions)
Resource developed to encourage involvement in children's education and school, foster a positive environment for school-caregiver interactions, and suggest ways to prevent bullying and violence. Accompanying Videos: A Circle of Caring: 21 Short videos Michif Version. Inuktitut Version. Mohawk Version.
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Leaving Ste. Madeleine: A Michif Account

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Olivia N. Sammons
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 149-164
Provides a first hand account of one family's forced relocation from a small Métis community in southwestern Manitoba. Text in both Michif and English.
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Let's Learn Michif!

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Connie Kulhavy

Colouring book teaches words in Northern and Heritage Michif and English.

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[Michif Language Lesson: Cultural Items]

Alternate Title
[Languages of Métis]
[I Have Who Has: Cultural Items Activity]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute, Education Team]

Designed for Grade 4.

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Scrip

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
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.
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"When the Stories Disappear, Our People Will Disappear": Notes on Language and Contemporary Literature of the Saskatchewan Plains Cree and Métis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
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
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