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An Absolutely Uncritical Look at What Has Been Written About the Métis.
Speech given at the1885 and After Conference held in Saskatoon in 1985 looks at historical ideologies regarding Métis culture in a contemporary context.
Actor Donald Sutherland Featured in Five-Hour 'Riel Commission' - Press release. - 16 April 1985.
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.
Aspects of Canadian Metis History
The Battle of Seven Oaks: A Metis Perspective
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
The Buffalo Hunt
Canada's Residential Schools: The Métis Experience: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 3
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.
Claiming the Best of Both Worlds: Mixed Heritage Children of the Pacific Northwest Fur Trade and Formation of Identity
Conflicting Plans
2nd edition.
Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Copy of the Document Sent to French Representatives by French People, Red River Settlement, 29 November 1869
Letter signed by 95 people states opposition to Louis Riel's proposal for establishment of a provisional government.
The Crutwell AMNSIS Local #66 recieve Ball Diamond Funds
Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education: Decolonizing Journey for a Métis Community
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.
Ending an Era
Explore Presents the Hudson's Bay Company: Part 1: Waskaganish
Podcast series about the history of the company.
Familial Foes? French-Sioux Families and Plains Métis Brigades in the Nineteenth Century
Gabriel Dumont
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Brief video discusses the life of the Metis leader and his role in the 1885 Resistance. Duration: 7:25.
Related Material: Transcript; Teacher's Guide.
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.
Heart Work: Weaving Relationality into Métis Material Culture Repatriation
Historic Metis Communities of Ontario: An Evaluation of Evidence
Examines documents used to support three communities' assertion that they should be considered part of the Métis nation. They are: historic Georgian Bay Métis community; historic Mattawa Métis community; and historic Sault Ste Marie Métis community.
History of Métis Lands in Alberta
In Good Relation: History, Gender, and Kinship in Indigenous Feminisms
Law, life, and government at Red River: General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia, Annotated Records, 1844-1872
Volume 2 of 2. Link to volume 1 https://iportal.usask.ca/record/106270
Law, Life, and Government at Red River: Settlement and Governance, 1812-1872
Volume 1 of 2. Link to volume 2 https://iportal.usask.ca/record/106271
Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Activity and Resources
Website contains links to game in which students make choices about what the Red River Settlement's people should do leading up to the creation of Manitoba; teacher resources; and other resources arranged by theme.
Related Material: From the Past Into the Future: Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Teacher’s Guide.
Louis Riel
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
Many Tender Ties
Mapping History: Lessons in History from Township Map of the Qu’Appelle Valley, Township 21, Range 13, West of the 2nd Meridian
Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Minutes of the meeting containing four motions expressing confidence in Donald Smith, Member of Parliament and requesting that troops continue to be stationed at St. Boniface.