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Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
The Dispersal of the Métis
The Great Fur Land, or, Sketches of Life in the Hudson's Bay Territory
Growing Up Healthy: A Resource Booklet for First Nations and Métis Parents in Manitoba
Harvesters Push the Boundaries of Provincial Law
Looks at a court case dealing with the rights of Métis to hunt and harvest across provincial borders.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
A History of the McKay Family of St. Eustache, Manitoba, 1846 to the Present
General overview of Métis history, dispersion and employment patterns with special reference to the author's family.
Indian Record (Vol. XXX, No. 2, February, 1967)
The Last Buffalo Hunter
Métis Laws of the Harvest: Guide to Métis Hunting, Fishing, Trapping and Gathering
Métis Perspectives on Governance; a Self-Review of the Manitoba Métis Federation's Governance Practices Through the Lens of Harvesting Rights
Métis Rights Recognized and Affirmed: Métis Harvester's Guide
Metis Studies: The Development of a Field and New Directions
A Program of Research Related to Historical Métis Communities
The Red River Buffalo Hunt from Red River Settlement
Excerpt from The Red River Settlement describing the spring hunt of 1840.
Right to Hunt Crosses Provincial Borders, Says Lawyer
Discusses the Métis Nation of Alberta referencing the Manitoba Métis harvesting agreement when they met with the Alberta Court of Appeal.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.