Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada
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.Back to Batoche
"A Being of a New World:" The Ambiguity of Mixed Blood in Pauline Johnson's "My Mother"
Blanketing a Nation: Tracing the Social Life of the Hudson's Bay Company Point Blanket Through Canadian Visual Culture
Case Study Report: Willow Bunch Healing Project
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.
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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The Dispersal of the Métis
Encounter [Marie-Anne Lagimodière]
Finding Home on the Way: Naming the Métis
The First of All Things: The Significance of Place in Métis Histories and Communities in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan
Forming Civilization at Red River: 19th-Century Missionary Education of Métis and First Nations Children
From Rupert's Land to Canada: Essays in Honour of John E. Foster
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
Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent-Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man
How the Fiddle Flows
Discusses how the fiddle and music relate to Metis history and culture. Narrated by Tantoo Cardinal. Duration: 48:03.
Intersections of Memory, Ancestral Language, and Imagination; or, the Textual Production of Michif Voices as Cultural Weaponry
Jacob Johnston
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[Louis Riel's Part in Metis History and His Legacy in Canadian Culture]
Macdougall, Brenda, Discusses the Community of Ile a la Crosse (01)
Making the Voyageur World : Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade
The Métis
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Métis History and Experience and Residential Schools in Canada
Métis Identity: Sharing Traditional Knowledge and Healing Practices at Métis Elders' Gatherings
Métis Killed During the 1885 Resistance
The Métis Nation and Métis Aboriginal Rights
Research paper discusses history and legal aspects of rights in relation to the Powley case.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Métis Rights and Land Claims: An Annotated Bibliography
Metis say Proof of Being is a Link to Riel: Identity Issue could be Settles by Courts
Metis Veterans Ready for Battle
Contends that after World War II ended, Metis veterans have seen no federally funded compensation, unlike non-Aboriginal veterans, and are ready to deal with the issue at a political level.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Metis Women's Traditional Art Series
Four videos discuss history and techniques of finger weaving, embroidery, rug-making, and beadwork.