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2005 November Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons: Chapter 7: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada--Meeting Treaty Land Entitlement Obligations
2009 [March] Status Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons: Chapter 4: Treaty Land Entitlement Obligations--Indian and Northern Affairs
Across the Road: Understanding the Differences in Health Services Available to First Nations and Metis Women
Animikii Ozoson Child and Family Services Agency
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.
Chapter 2: Partners' Context, Worldviews and Evaluation Process
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Complex Poverty and Home-Grown Solutions in Two Prairie Cities
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hollow Water First Nation’s Community Holistic Healing Process
Study objectives included: development of protocols for participatory research, design and implementation of holistic process, assessment of success of financial investments relative to healing processes, and other unintended benefits to community.
Chapter fifteen from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
A Cultural Approach to Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation: Observations from Year One
Reports on first year of three-year research study conducted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Discusses context, methods and training and mentoring activities.
Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Early Days at York Factory
Explaining Aboriginal Turnout in Federal Elections: Evidencefrom Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
Based on data from Equality, Security, and Community (ESC) survey. Chapter one from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
First Nations and Métis People and Diversity in Canadian Cities
Forging Partners, Opening Doors: Community School Case Studies from Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Studies six community schools between January and June, 2008. Chapter five from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
The French Half-Breeds of the Northwest
Content and language reflect the attitudes of the times.
Forms part of Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ... for the Year 1879.
See pages 309-328.
From "Orphan" to "Settler": The Making of the Reverend Henry Budd
Discusses the early life of Budd (sakachuwescum), who was of Cree-HBC employee parentage and became the first ordained Indigenous missionary in British North-West America.
Sample chapter from Prophetic Identities: Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75.
The Fur Trade, Treaty No. 5 and the Fisher River First Nation
Hidden Homelessness among Aboriginal Peoples in Prairie Cities
Housing Discrimination among a Sample of Aboriginal People in Winnipeg and Thompson, Manitoba
Looks at perceived housing discrimination and the reactions and effects.
Chapter six from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
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.
Impacts of the 1985 Indian Act Amendments: A Case Study of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
Looks at impacts of Bill C-31 including population, demography, membership, demand for programs and services, and key social and political changes. Chapter four from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Legacy of Residential Schools: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water
Extract containing preface, introduction, first chapter Traditional Systems of Writing in Manitowapow, and transcripts of two letters written by Chief Peguis, one of the signatories to the Selkirk Treaty.
Measuring Progress, Strengthening Governance, and Promoting Positive Change: Developing Sustainability Indicators with Winnipeg's First Nations Community
Mentoring: One Pathway to Aboriginal Talent Development
The Métis
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Metis Studies: The Development of a Field and New Directions
Mitákuye Owás’ (All My Relatives): Dakota Wiconi (Way of Life) and Wicozani Waste (Well-Being)
Discusses basic tenants of Dakota spiritual traditions. Chapter ten from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Moving Population and Public Health Knowledge into Action: A Casebook of Knowledge Translation Stories
A New Nation: The Métis
Chapter 9 of People and Stories of Canada to 1867 by Michele Visser-Wikkerink and E. Leigh Syms. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba Grade 5 Social Studies learning resource.
Norway House Residential School and Tuberculosis, 1900-1946
Pauingassi Report
Pemmican Wars
Substantial excerpt from graphic novel about a Metis girl who finds herself transported back in time to the buffalo hunt, conflict between the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company and the historic Battle of Seven Oaks. Suggested grade level 8-12.
pīsim miskam ōmiskanaw = Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw [Excerpt]
Story inspired by the discovery of the remains of young woman who lived during the 1600s, at time where there had yet to be contact with Europeans.
Revised edition.
The Pisimweyapiy Counselling Centre: Paving the Red Road to Wellness in Northern Manitoba
The Pre-Selkirk Settlers of Old Assiniboia
Brief descriptions of leaders in the Red River Settlement such as Cuthbert Grant, Alexander Kennedy Isbister, William Kennedy, Louis Riel Senior and Junior, James McKay, etc.; based on the author's observations while living at Fort Garry in the summer of 1871.
Reconciliation: Rebuilding the Canadian Child Welfare System to Better Serve Aboriginal Children and Youth
Reporting Métis in Urban Centres on the 1996 Census
Argues that combining concepts of ethnic origin and Métis identity would provide a more complete picture of the population. Looks at statistics for Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver.
Chapter five from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1 which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Social Capital in First Nations Communities: Concept and Measurement
Attempts to identify and measure social capital and its relationship to health determination. Chapter six from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Teacher Guide for A Gial Called ECHO: Learning about the History and Culture of the Métis Nation in Grades 6–8
Excerpt contains overview about teaching Indigenous topics, and lesson one on Métis culture.
Treaty Lands: Imaging a Conditional Landscape
Trouble at Red River
Recommended for Grade 10 Social Studies.
Chapter 8 from Flashback Canada by J. Bradley Cruxton and W. Doug Wilson.
Can be used in conjunction with Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River.