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Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
All My Relations: Making Kin and Kindred in a Postgenomic World
Ancestry, Genes, and a Colony Chief: Peguis’ People and the Red River Métis
Kinship vs. Race: Reconciling Metis-First Nations Historical Relations
Reflections on Daniels v Canada, Reconciliation and Redress: Setting the Agenda
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Innes
Harold Robinson
Rick Smith
Jessica Kolopenuk
Description
Emphasis on racial distinctions between Métis and First Nations, ignores intermarriage, kinship ties, and shared cultural understandings; recommendations for agenda items for changes in Canada-Indigenous relations in light of the Daniels decision
Duration: 1:50:08.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Archaeogeophysics and Statistical Analysis at the Buffalo Lake Métis Wintering Site (FdPe-1)
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron D. Coons
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Au Nom du Bon Dieu et du Buffalo: Métis Lived Catholicism on the Northern Plains
Theses
Author/Creator
Émilie Pigeon
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Beyond the Battlefield: Gabriel Dumont and Métis Leadership (1837-1885)
Theses
Author/Creator
Krystl Dawn Raven
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Correspondence and Papers Connected with Recent Occurrences in the North-West Territories
Alternate Title
[Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada] ; [1870, no. 12?]
E-Books
Description
Documents related to the Northwest Resistance of 1869-1870.
Correspondence Relative to the Recent Disturbances in the Red River Settlement
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Governor General Lisgar
Colonial Office of Great Britain]
Description
Correspondence consists of dispatches from Governor General Lisgar and the Colonial Office.
[Daniels in Context]
Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Harry Daniels and the Daniels Case: A Son's Perspective on the Man, His Legacy and Vision for a United Métis Nation
Threading the Constitutional Needle with Sinew of Métisland and Métis
[What Brought It On - and Did We Get What We Wanted?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tony Belcourt
Elmer Ghostkeeper
Gabriel Daniels
Maria Campbell
Description
Speakers discuss struggles for Métis rights and recognition which led to Daniels case and the Supreme Court's ruling that Métis and non-Status individuals fall within the definition of "Indian" in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act,1867; Maria Campbell reminisces about leader Harry Daniels, who initiated the court action.
Duration: 1:59:52.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Defining Métis: Catholic Missionaries and the Idea of Civilization in Northwestern Saskatchewan, 1845-1898
E-Books
Author/Creator
Timothy P. Foran
Digital Archives Database
Alternate Title
Métis Digital Archive
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Métis Research Lab
University of Ottawa?]
Description
Contains links to thousands of Métis historical documents, personal accounts, genealogical information and Hudson's Bay Company, Census, and Church missionary records.
Effects of Colonialism on the Métis in Canadian Northwest: Catholic Religion and Education System as the Main Colonial Instruments
Theses
Author/Creator
Eva Flášarová
Description
English and American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Masaryk University, 2005.
Exploring Options for Métis Governance in the 21st Century
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason Madden
John Graham
Jake Wilson
Description
Research study discusses historical, cultural and political factors regarding Métis Nation governance structures and explores options for future development.
[Four Seasons Speaker's Series: Maria Campbell]
Alternate Title
[Four Seasons Speaker's Series 2005]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Description
Audio recording of Métis author speaking about community and the importance of storytelling.
Duration: 55:06.
From New Peoples to New Nations: Aspects of Métis History and Identity from the Eighteenth to Twenty-First Centuries
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert L. A. Hancock
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 164-166
Description
Book review of From New Peoples to New Nations by Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk.
History of North Dakota
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Elwyn B.] Robinson
Description
"with a new preface and postscript".
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Alternate Title
Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past
The West ; no. 9
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Description
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
Kiya Waneekah: (Don't Forget)
Theses
Author/Creator
Dennis Davey
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Louis Riel: One Life, One Vision
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre du patrimoine
Description
Presents Louis Riel's (1844-1885) biography; includes his battles for Métis rights, letters, ancestors, the Riel House, and information on his death and funeral services.
Making History: Our Land, Our Culture, Our Future
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Settlements General Council
Description
Brief history of the eight Métis Settlements in Alberta.
Making History: Our Land, Our Culture, Our Future
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Settlements General Council
Description
A history of the Métis Settlements of Alberta.
The Many Worlds of Louis Riel: A Political Odyssey from Red River to Montreal and Back 1840-1875
Theses
Author/Creator
M. Max Hamon
Description
History and Classical Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.
Les memoires de Louis Schmidt. 8 Juin 1911.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Le Patriote
Louis Schmidt
Description
Louis Schmidt's memoirs and addendum provide an autobiographical account of his life, the plight of the Metis and their grievances, the causes of the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870, his secretarial responsibilities with Louis Riel, and the struggle leading to the establishment of Manitoba as a province. The memoirs were published in Le Patriote, no. 14, 8 Juin 1911.
Métis and the Medicine Line: Creating a Border and Dividing a People
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chelsea D. Frazier
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 112-113
Description
Book review of: Métis and the Medicine Line by Michael Hogue.
Métis Matriarchs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doris Jeanne Mackinnon
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 6, December-January 2017-2018, pp. 38-43
Description
Looks at the lives of Bella Hardisty (later Lady Lougheed) and Buckskin Mary (Marie Rose Delorme).
A Métis Métier: Transportation in Rupert's Land
Theses
Author/Creator
James McKillip
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2005.
Métis-specific Bibliography for the BCcampus Indigenization Project
Alternate Title
BCcampus Indigenization Project
[Indigenization Project: Process Documents and Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief list of resources divided into four sections: kinship, land relations, tools and impacts of colonization, calls to action.
A Métis Treaty Through the Lens of International Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Bryn Rieger
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-25
Description
Argues that the agreement reached leading up to the Manitoba Act meets requirements for a valid treaty in international law as it was at the time.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
mihkwâkamiwi sîpîsis: Stories and Pictures from Métis Elders in Fort McKay
Alternate Title
Solstice Series ; no. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Craig Campbell
Alice Boucher
Mike Evans
Emma Faichney
Howard La Corde
Zachary Powder
New Nation [Newspaper]
Archival » Archival Items
Description
"The New Nation was published weekly from January 7, 1870 to September 3, 1870. Formed by the merger of the Red River Pioneer with the Nor'Wester, it was an organ of the provisional government headed by Louis Riel. It reported in great detail the debates and discussions of the provisional government."
No Comment (Almost): 200 Years of Observations on the Métis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Canadian Issues, Winter, 2005, pp. 28-30
Description
Author creates a compilation of comments and observations made about Métis people throughout history and in doing so reveals the complicated and often contrary discourse that surrounds Métis people and the Métis Nation.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis
Alternate Title
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Heather Devine
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 151-157
Description
Book review of: The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900 by Heather Devine.
Political Responses
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Profiles of Métis Elders
Alternate Title
Métis Perspectives and Traditional Health Knowledge Series
Documents & Presentations
Description
Highlights the profiles of 14 Métis Elders who are committed to protecting traditional health knowledge and healing practices.
Racially "Indian", Legally "White": The Canadian State's Struggles to Categorize the Métis, 1850-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hayter
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2017.
Rebuilding Indigenous Nations through Constitutional Development: A Case Study of the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janique Dubois
Kelly Saunders
Nations and Nationalism, February 20, 2017, pp. 1-24
Description
Concludes that the Metis Nation must build legitimacy internally amongst members and externally with the state.
Red River Insurrection: Hon. Wm. McDougall's Conduct Reviewed
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Francis Hincks]
The Red River Insurrection: Three Letters and a Narrative of Events
Alternate Title
Peel's Prairie Provinces ; 551
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Frederick William Chesson
Alexander Kennedy Isbister
William MacDougall
John Stoughton Dennis]
The Red River Rebellion: Eight Letters to Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, etc., in Reply to an Official Pamphlet by Hon.W.M. MacDougall, C.B., The Minister of Public Works and Commissioner to the Lieutenant-Governor of Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories
Alternate Title
The Red River Rebellion: Eight Letters to Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, etc., in Reply to an Official Pamphlet by Hon.W.M. McDougall, C.B., The Minister of Public Works and Commissioner to the Lieutenant-Governor of Rupert's Lan
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph Howe
Description
Response to 66-page pamphlet entitled Red River Insurrection: Hon. Wm. McDougall's Conduct Reviewed.
The Red River Rebellion: The Cause of It in a Series of Letters to the British Government on the Importance of Opening the Overland Route through Rupert's Land ...
E-Books
Author/Creator
G. O. Corbett
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Blanca Tovías
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, p. 146
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Riel and Advisors at Red River
Images » Photographs
Description
Riel and his Council at Red River, 1869-1870.
"Riel … vivra dans notre histoire": The Response of French Canadians in the United States to Louis Riel's Execution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Paul Richard
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 697-724
Description
Author explores the response from French-Canadian peoples living in the United States in the mid-1870s to the execution of Louis Riel; argues that the reaction can help to understand religious and ethnic transnationalism, and resistance to social and political forces in the Canada and the U.S. in the late nineteenth century.
Savage Half-Breed, French Canadian or White US Citizen? Louis Riel and US Perceptions of Nation and Civilization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren L. Basson
National Identities, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 369-388
Description
Examines the United States response to Louis Riel, from the press image to how Riel's politics changed the understanding of what it meant to be a member of the United States nation.
The Scrip Solution: The North West Métis Scrip Policy, 1885--1887
Theses
Author/Creator
Camilla Augustus
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2005.
Socio-Cultural Development and Identity Formation of Métis Communities in Northwestern Saskatchewan, 1776--1907
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Description
Native Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Songs Upon the Rivers: The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer S. H. Brown
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 5, October-November 2017, pp. 56-57
Description
Book review of Songs Upon the Rivers by Robert Foxcurran, Michel Bouchard, and Sébastien Malette.
State of Métis Nation Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathy Hodgson-Smith
Infinity Research
Description
Gives historical and current context of education and argues for Metis-specific policies and programs which emphasize culture and identity.
Staying in Place: Plains Metis Borderland Communities, 1885-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Katie C. Pollock
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Views in Hudson’s Bay (1825) and Peter Rindisbacher: Constructions of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Culture in the Red River Settlement
Theses
Author/Creator
Julie-Ann Mercer
Description
Art Thesis (MA) -- University of Alberta, 2017.