Documents & Presentations
Description
Discusses the concerns, ideas and recommendations of Métis women regarding health and well-being, from their own perspectives as Métis women.The paper also discusses the making of policy and research to ensure that they are more relevant to Métis women, their families and communities.
Métissage in New France: Frenchification, Mixed Marriages and Métis as Shaped by Social and Political Agents and Institutions 1508-1886
Theses
Author/Creator
Devrim Karahasan
Description
History and Civilization Thesis (Ph.D.)--European University Institute, 2006.
Michif Language Research, Literature Review, Teaching Resources and Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
David Morin
Description
List includes peer-reviewed and grey literature, on-line resources, oral histories, language videos, audio tapes, and CDs.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Mino Pimatiseewin: A Content Analysis of the Aboriginal and First Nations Submissions to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Alternate Title
Miõo Pimâtisiwin : A Content Analysis of the Aboriginal and First Nations Submissions to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rose McIvor-Girouard
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.
Molecular Death and Redface Reincarnation: Indigenous Appropriations in the US and Canada
Alternate Title
Daniels v Canada, Beyond Jurisprudential Interpretations: What to Do When the Horse as Left the Barn
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim TallBear
Chris Andersen
Description
Speakers discuss the issue of who and what defines Indigenous identity, settler-state's practice of imposing their definitions, the phenomenon of "playing Indian", and broader social interpretations of court decisions such as Daniels.
Duration: 1:59:35. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Negotiating Life Within the City: Social Geographies and Lived Experiences of Urban Metis Peoples in Ottawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Daniel Dumas
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Offering our Gifts, Partnering for Change: Decolonizing Experimentation in Winnipeg-based Settler Archives
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Story
Description
History-Archival Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Ohio Valley Native Americans Speak: Indigenous Discourse on the Continuity of Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul René Tamburro
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2006.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
"Our Next Generation": Moving Towards a Surveillance and Prevention Framework for Youth Suicide in Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
Peter Butt
Robert Henry
Roger Bland
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2017, pp. 55-65
Description
Report reviews suicide data for Saskatchewan's Indigenous populations.
"People Try and Label Me as Someone I'm Not": The Social Ecology of Indigenous People Living with HIV, Stigma, and Discrimination in Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta L. Woodgate
Melanie Zurba
Pauline Tennent
Carla Cochrane
Mike Payne
Javier Mignone
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 194, December 2017, pp. 17-24
Description
Based on study that looked at barriers such as access to supports and long and short-term health services.
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frits Pannekoek
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2006, pp. 203-204
Description
Book review of: The People Who Own Themselves by Heather Devine.
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Grant Arndt
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 362-365
Description
Book review of: The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900 by Heather Devine.
Political Responses
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Postcard From the 2016 Yukon Election
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Roddick
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 63-68
Description
Contends that the new Liberal government needs to make renewed investment for intergovernmental relationships with First Nations.
Potlucks, Bingo and Roadtrips: The Prince George Métis Elders Oral History Video Project
Theses
Author/Creator
Marni Amirault
Description
Anthropology Thesis ( M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2006.
Power, Praxis and the Métis of Kelly Lake, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Bentley
Brenda Murphy
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, 2006, pp. 289-312
Description
Reviews a conceptual framework that identifies both the oppression and the agency of a Métis settlement.
Proposals for Measuring Determinants and Population Health/Well-Being Status of Métis Peoples in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis National Council
Description
Looks at indicators pertaining to health/well-being for the Métis population, and to identify options for capturing data on those indicators.
'Real' Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Hugh Shewell
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 166-168
Description
Book review of: 'Real' Indians and Others by Bonita Lawrence.
Rebuilding Indigenous Nations through Constitutional Development: A Case Study of the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janique Dubois
Kelly Saunders
Nations and Nationalism, February 20, 2017, pp. 1-24
Description
Concludes that the Metis Nation must build legitimacy internally amongst members and externally with the state.
Rejecting the Standard Discourse on Dispossession Métis Lands in Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D'Arcy Vermette
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 87-119
Description
Looks at four reasons to reject the standard discourse: reliance on negative proof, represents governmental apologist manoeuvring, based on methodological individualism, the undermining of Aboriginal cultures in the writings of Thomas Flanagan.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Blanca Tovías
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, p. 146
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Reluctant Homesteader: A French Settler’s Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Scott
Saskatchewan History, vol. 58, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 33-40
Description
Narrates the story of Victor Colvez who, with his family, immigrated to Canada from the town of Rennes in Brittany in France, and settled in the Prince Albert Area.
Part Two: Rookie Fur Trader - Describes Colvez’s life as a fur trader for the company Revillon Frères; includes anecdotes about the climate meeting and interacting with the Métis, learning English, and friends he met.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 33.
Reluctant Homesteader: A French Settler’s Story, Part One
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Scott
Saskatchewan History, vol. 58, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 24-32
Description
Narrates the story of Victor Colvez who, with his family, immigrated to Canada from the town of Rennes in Brittany in France, and settled in the Prince Albert Area.
Part One: A Parting of the Ways - explains how Colvez was recruited as a homesteader by the priest Father Le Floc’h, and how upon arriving in Prince Albert, realized that he was not equipped for homesteading and elected instead to take a job as the manager of the new fur trade post in Green Lake.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 24.
Residential Schools and the Effects on Indigenous Health and Well-Being in Canada: A Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Piotr Wilk
Alana Maltby
Martin Cooke
Public Health Reviews, vol. 38, no. 8, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Looks at the negative health effects on residential school survivors and successive generations.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ron Welburn
Anton Treuer
Jace Weaver
Jessiline Anderson
Karren Baird-Olson
John M. Shaw
David La Vere
Susan Lobo
Robert L. Munkres
Greg Poelzer
Brian Calliou
Raphael Comprone
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 129-178
Description
Book reviews of:
Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America edited by Brian Swann.
Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota by Sally J. Southwick.
The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M.
Riel Poem Isn't That Noteworthy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Albert Braz
Edmonton Journal, November 20, 2006, p. A19
Description
Response to the newspaper article "Friendship with Jailer Inspired Riel Poem" Edmonton Journal, November 15, 2006.
"Riel … vivra dans notre histoire": The Response of French Canadians in the United States to Louis Riel's Execution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Paul Richard
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 697-724
Description
Author explores the response from French-Canadian peoples living in the United States in the mid-1870s to the execution of Louis Riel; argues that the reaction can help to understand religious and ethnic transnationalism, and resistance to social and political forces in the Canada and the U.S. in the late nineteenth century.
Saint-Laurent, Manitoba: Evolving Métis Identities, 1850–1914
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gerhard J. Ens
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of: Saint-Laurent, Manitoba by Nicole St-Onge.
Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples: 2006 Census of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Shared Journey (Newsletter, December 2006)
Documents & Presentations
Description
Highlights initiatives and challenges of past year. Entire newsletter on one pdf.
"The Song I am Singing": Gregory Scofield's Interweavings of Métis, Gay and Jewish Selfhoods
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Scudeler
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 129-145
Description
Examines how Scofield employs different identities in his work, rejecting being placed in any particular category. Argues that his identities overlap and are braided together much like a Métis sash.
Songs Upon the Rivers: The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer S. H. Brown
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 5, October-November 2017, pp. 56-57
Description
Book review of Songs Upon the Rivers by Robert Foxcurran, Michel Bouchard, and Sébastien Malette.
Staying in Place: Plains Metis Borderland Communities, 1885-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Katie C. Pollock
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
A Story of Identity: A Cautionary Tale
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick J. Lewis
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 114-121
Description
Discusses how a university dealt with a complaint about a student who misrepresented themselves as Métis.
A Study on the Relationship Between Canadian Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State
Alternate Title
Policy Paper (Canadian Foundation for the Americas) ; FPP-06-04
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julieta Uribe
Survey of First Nations People Living Off-Reserve, Métis and Inuit: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
EKOS Research Associates
Anishinabek Consultants
Description
Results of a national telephone survey conducted in 2006.
Tales of Empowerment: Cultural Continuity within an Evolving Identity in the Upper Athabasca Valley
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Andre Ouellet
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2006.
The Tender and Brave Heart of a Warrior Woman
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 1, April 2006, p. S3
Description
Discusses achievements of Metis broadcaster and businesswoman Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, the first woman inducted into the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Angie Caron
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Angie Caron
Description
Presenter discusses her Métis roots and her role as an educator.
Duration: 23:16.
Towards a Genealogy of Reconciliation in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Wyile
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 601-6035
Description
Article draws on royal commission reports and Supreme Court decisions to articulate and examine the perceptions, motivations and discourses surrounding reconciliation in Canada. Discusses the disparity between Indigenous and state understandings of the concept and the considers the political and constitutional implications of reconciliation based relationships with Indigenous communities and with Quebec.
Traditional Sources and New Techniques of Narration: A Contrastive Study Of Mythic Rituals in Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed and Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Punyashree Panda
Indian Review of World Literature in English, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2006, p. [?]
Description
Focuses on the trepidations of Native Women writers and their appreciation of the cultures and traditions of their People, including the role of mother earth, hunting and fishing traditions, the peoples and the wars, and the waters and fires.
Uncertain Margins: Métis and Saulteaux Identities in St-Paul des Saulteaux, Red River 1821 - 1870
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole St-Onge
Manitoba History, no. 53, October 2006, pp. 2-10
Description
Describes ethnic differences between the two groups and the evolution of some similar cultural elements.
Understanding Our Past, Reclaiming Our Culture: Conceptualizing Métis Culture and Mental Health in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique D. Auger
Description
Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
[University Admissions Roundtable]
Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Aboriginal Admissions and Métis Identity, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Affirmative Action, Self Identification
Responsibilities of Universities in View of the Daniels Decision
Where are You From? Reframing Facilitated Admissions Policies in the Faculty of Health Sciences
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Danielle Soucy
Valerie Arnault-Pelletier
Lisa Collins
Kara Paul
André Costopoulos
Description
Representatives from Canadian universities discuss their institution's policies about proof of Indigenous identity when individuals apply for equity seats.
Duration: 53:08.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Unsettling Scenes
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jon Dellandrea
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, pp. 32-35
Description
Chronicles the recently discovered artistic output of Canadian painter Francis Fitz Roy Dixon who created over seventy paintings of the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.
Views in Hudson’s Bay (1825) and Peter Rindisbacher: Constructions of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Culture in the Red River Settlement
Theses
Author/Creator
Julie-Ann Mercer
Description
Art Thesis (MA) -- University of Alberta, 2017.
Wahkootowin: Family and Cultural Identity in Northern Saskatchewan Metis Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda MacDougall
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 3, 2006, pp. 431-462
Description
Examines the history and way of life since 1776 of the Métis families of Ile à la Crosse (known in Cree as Sakitawak).