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Aboriginal Peoples - Guide to the Records of the Government of Canada.
Indian Affairs Inventory
Appendix One: Questions and Discussions
As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada
'As Their Natural Resources Fail': Native Peoples and the Economic History of Northern Manitoba: 1870-1930
As Their Natural Resources Fail: Native Peoples and the Economic History of Northern Manitoba, 1870-1930
Canadian Genealogy Centre: Métis
Describes various sources and strategies available to those researching Métis peoples.
Colonial Categories and Familial Responses to Treaty and Metis Scrip Policy: The 'Edmonton and District Stragglers,' 1870–88
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
Cypress Hills Metis Scrip Applications
The Dispersal of the Métis
Economic Aspects of Aboriginal Title in Northern Manitoba:
Treaty 5 Adhesions and Métis Scrip
The Edmonton and District Stragglers: Gendered Strategies of Treaty and Scrip, 1876-1886
[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.
Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s: "We Like to be Free in This Country"
"The Free People - Otipemisiwak": Batoche, Saskatchewan 1870-1930
From New Peoples to New Nations: Aspects of Métis History and Identity from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Centuries
Further Information on Section 31 Manitoba Act Métis Grants
Grade Eight Treaty Education Learning Resource
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring Treaty Impacts and Alternatives" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Harry Daniels, Gabriel Daniels, Leah Gardner, Terry Joudrey and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and Her Majesty the Queen, as Represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Attorney General of Canada: Reasons For Judgment
Historical Métis Communities in Region One of the Métis Nation of Alberta, 1881-1916
Investigation into whether there was a Métis presence in the Wood Buffalo region uses descriptive narrative records from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, census data, surnames of enumerated individuals in Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, Lac La Biche, and North West Halfbreed Scrip applications.
History of Métis Lands in Alberta
Homesteading at Wilcox
In Their Own Lands: Treaty Ten and the Canoe Lake, Clear Lake, and English River Bands
[K-12 Lesson Plans: Rupertsland Institute]
Land Claims [Part One]
Land Grants Under the Manitoba Act
Land Scrip as Neoliberal Aboriginal Governance: The Métis 'Trail of Tears'
Manitoba Metis Join Prairie Coalition to Pursue Land Rights
Manitoba Métis President David Chartrand awaits a Court of Queen's Bench decision that will include issues related to scrip, Métis land and harvesting rights.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
The Market for Métis Lands in Manitoba: An Exploratory Study
The Metis
Metis and the Medicine Line: Creating a Border and Dividing a People
The Métis as a Factor in the Euro-Canadian Development of the Canadian West
Argues that the Métis were not an impediment to Euro-Canadian development and that their fight to be recognized as a "New Nation" played a significant role in the creation of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Métis Elders and Veterans
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Métis Land Rights and Self-Government
Métis Lands in Manitoba
Métis Lands in Manitoba
Métis Lands in Manitoba
Metis Lands in Manitoba
Métis Law Summary 2004
Métis Life After 1885
The Métis of the South Saskatchewan: [Vol. 1 Draft Manuscript]
[Métis Scrip Affidavits]
Finding aid lists Record Group no., vol., number of microfilm reel, names of individuals requesting land, number of the electronic copy, and dates. Affidavits were made by Métis families living in Manitoba to support their claim to the land set aside for Métis children and heads of families under the Manitoba Act (33 Vic., c. 3). Finding aid lists Record Group no., vol., number of microfilm reel, names of individuals requesting land, number of the electronic copy, and dates.
Métis Scrip in Alberta
[Métis Scrip]: Lesson Plan
Designed for Grades 4-9.
[Métis Scrip]: Lesson Plan
Designed for Grades 10-12.