2011 Métis Law in Canada
Aboriginal Identity and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Aboriginal Rights: The Dispossession of the Métis
An Act further to amend The Indian Act, Chapter Forty-Three of the Revised Statutes. [Assented to 22nd May, 1888].
The Alberta Dis-Advantage: Métis Issues and the Public Discourse in Wild Rose Country
Alberta's Metis Settlements Legislation: An Overview of Ownership and Management of Settlement Lands
Analysis of the MNO's Recognition of Six New Historic Métis Communities: A Final Report
Examines main research reports used in the recognition process for: Mattawa/Ottawa River; Killarney; Georgian Bay; Abitibi-Inland; Rainy Lake/Lake of the Woods; and Northern Lake Superior communities.
Annotated Bibliography: Métis in Ontario
Are the Métis Treaty People?
Beyond Doctrines of Dominance: Conceptualizing a Path to Legal Recognition and Affirmation of the Manitoba Métis Treaty
The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
Canada's Métis and the Duty to Consult: Why the Common Law Requires It and What to Do About It
Canada's Residential Schools: The Métis Experience: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 3
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 Political and Cultural Realms in the Upper Great Lakes, 1826: A Case-study of the Influential "Oode" (or Family) of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
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.
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.
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
The Community Conundrum: Metis Critical Perspectives
on the Application of R v Powley in British Columbia
A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Confronting the "Mixed-Blood Majic": Towards a Definition of "Métis" for Purposes of Section 35
Constitutional Entrenchment of Aboriginal Self-Government
Constructing a Legal Land System That Supports Economic Development For the Metis in Alberta
Contesting the Colonial Order on the Canadian Prairies: Government Policy, Indigenous Resistance and the Administration of Treaty 6, 1870-1890
The Context for Métis Justice Issues
Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History
Criminal Empire: The Making of the Savage in a Lawless Land
[Daniels in Context]
Les Desjarlais: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis and Diaspora in a Canadien Family
The Dispersal of the Métis
Documenting Historic Métis in Ontario
The Early West
Edgar Dewdney and the Aftermath of the Rebellion
Education for Reconciliation: Métis Professional Learning
Meant to educate people about who the Métis are, where they come from, and where they live today in British Columbia. First part focuses on identity and its importance; second part focuses on contemporary life.
Emergence and Evolution of the Métis Nation
Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.
Entangling Empires, Fracturing Frontiers: Jean Baptiste Richardville and the Quest for Miami Autonomy, 1760-1841
The Ermatingers: A 19th Century Ojibwa-Canadian Family
[Ewing Commission Report]
Purpose of the commission was to "make enquiry into the condition of the half-breed population of the Province of Alberta, keeping particularly in mind the health, education, relief and general welfare of such population". As a result of the recommendations contained in the report the Métis Betterment Act was enacted and Métis Settlements were established.
Explore Presents the Hudson's Bay Company: Part 1: Waskaganish
Podcast series about the history of the company.