The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 89-118
Description
Examines the socio-political development of Ontario Métis through an analysis of four major political organizations: Ontario Métis and Aboriginal Association (OMAA), Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), Canadian Métis Council (CMC) and the Métis Women's Circle.
Teacher's guide for use with the documentary Mémére Métisse by filmmaker Janelle Wookey, who sets out to understand why her grandmother has denied her Métis roots.
File contains a presentation by Robert Doucette. Doucette discusses conditions for Metis people within the City of Saskatoon, and Saskatchewan generally. Doucette highlights problems of institutional racism, access to education, ignorance of Aboriginal identity and issues in the general population, migration to urban centres, and related issues. Doucette also discusses the need for a Metis land base and the differences in the way the government addresses Metis and Treaty people's issues.
The file contains a presentation on behalf of the Shuswap Okanagan Metis Association by Greg Mazur and Tim Low. Mazur, Vice-President of the Shuswap Okanagan Metis Organization, discusses the composition of his organization which represents approximately 650 Metis citizens as part of the larger Pacific Metis Federation. Mazur discusses the definition of Metis. Tim Low, Director of the SOMA, delivers a brief history of the Metis Nation.