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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.The Battle of Seven Oaks: The Debate over Métis Independence
Examines the influence of the Battle of Seven Oaks on the creation of Métis nationhood.
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Confronting the "Mixed-Blood Majic": Towards a Definition of "Métis" for Purposes of Section 35
Constructing a Legal Land System That Supports Economic Development For the Metis in Alberta
Les Desjarlais: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis and Diaspora in a Canadien Family
Emergence and Evolution of the Métis Nation
Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.
Gee Meeyo Pimawtshinawn (It Was a Good Life): Saskatchewan Métis Road Allowance Memories: A Living Heritage Project
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Half-Breed Commission at Duck lake
Half-Breed Commission at Fort Pitt
Half-Breed Commission at Sturgeon River
Half-Breed Commission on Trail to Green Lake
History of Métis Lands in Alberta
Indigenous Settlers: Your Métis Genealogy Online
Jacob Johnston
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Land Claims [Part One]
The Last Battle of Seven Oaks Puppet Play
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
Métis Dictionary of Biography: Volume M
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Metis Legacy: A Metis Historiography and Annotated Bibliography, Pt. 3: Annotated Bibliography and References
Métis Politics and Governance in Canada
Metis Studies: The Development of a Field and New Directions
Metis Timeline Game
Students participate in game involving the events leading up to and following the Red River Resistance, with special attention to Louis Riel.
A Mother and Father of Pembina: A NWC Voyageur Meets the Granddaughter of The Buffaloe
Highlights the life of a North West Company voyageur and his Indigenous wife that bore Métis children.
A New Look at Louis Riel Through His Visionary Experiences
On the St. Paul Trail in the Sixties
Paquin / Pocha: The Origins of a Family in the Canadian Fur Trade, 1634-1896
"Practical Results": the Riel Statue Controversy at the Manitoba Legislative Building
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1a
Reclaiming the Rapids: Evaluating the Reconciliatory and Decolonial Potential of Private Land Return
Canadian Studies Thesis (MA) -- Carleton University, 2019.
The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St Andrew's Parish, Red River
Scrip and the History of the Métis Nation of Alberta
Second Place at the Polish Pow Wow
A Sitting of the Commission
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Weaving and Baking Nation: The Recognition Politics of the Métis Sash and Bannock in the 1990s
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2019.
Looks at the Oral History Project of the Métis Women of Manitoba Inc.