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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].
Ada Clegg Interview #1
Adams, Dr. Howard
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The Alberta Dis-Advantage: Métis Issues and the Public Discourse in Wild Rose Country
The Alberta Métis Settlements
Alberta's Metis Settlements Legislation: An Overview of Ownership and Management of Settlement Lands
Alec Bishop Interview
Alexander Nanooch Interview
Alfred Boyer Interview
Allan Quandt Interview 1
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.
Andre Bouthillette Interview
Annotated Bibliography: Métis in Ontario
Antoine Lonesinger 6 Interview
Are the Métis Treaty People?
Art K. Davis Interview
At Devil Lake
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.At Snake Plains
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At Snake Plains (Men Posing in front of tent)
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At Snake Plains (picnic)
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Narcisse-Omer Cote (1859-1944) a civil servant for the Government of Canada, entered the department of the interior in 1879. In 1885, he was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission investigating and adjudicating Metis claims. In 1900 he became a Commissioner of the North-West Half-Breed Commission. The Commission was to enumerate and issue scrip to the Metis who qualified in the district of Saskatchewan and a small part of Manitoba. Their work lasted from May 16 to December 6 1900.Beyond Doctrines of Dominance: Conceptualizing a Path to Legal Recognition and Affirmation of the Manitoba Métis Treaty
Bill Wilson Interview
The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
Canada. Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Park Canada
Canada. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
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.
Chris Albert Johnson Interview
Clara Pratt Interview #1
Colin Trindle Interview
The Commission of 1885 to the North-West Territories
Commission to Study Halfbreed Land Claims - 1901
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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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.