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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.Battle of Batoche Remembered 125 Years Later
Celebrating the Year of the Métis: Junior
Commissioners and Women in Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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Commissioners' Mess Tent at Duck Lake
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A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research
The Exceptional-Typical History of a Métis Elder in Fort St. John
Exiled, Executed, Exalted: Louis Riel, Homo Sacer and the Production of Canadian Sovereignty
Final Report on Métis Education and Boarding School Literature and Sources Review
The Flemish Bastard and the Former Indians: Métis and Identity in Seventeenth-Century New York
Glimpses into the Laws and Governance of the Historic Métis Nation
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
Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire : French-Indigenous Relations And the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed
A History of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia / Le Conseil du Gouvernenment Provisoire
Icelandic Immigrants and First Nations People in Canada
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Jacob Johnston
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Jean Baptiste Cadotte's First Family: Genealogical Summary
Cadotte (sometimes spelt Cadot) was a prominent figure in the Lake Superior fur trade and married two Ojibwe women, Athanasie and Catherine. These articles focus on the children of Athanasie, also known as Equawaice, part of the Bullhead Catfish clan.
Compilation of three articles which appeared in Michigan's Habitant Heritage in 2020-2021.
Jean Baptiste Cadotte's Second Family: Genealogical Summary
Cadotte (sometimes spelt Cadot) was a prominent figure in the Lake Superior fur trade and married two Ojibwe women, Athanasie and Catherine. These articles focus on the children of Catherine, whom he married in the custom of the country.
Compilation of four articles which appeared in Michigan's Habitant Heritage in 2015-2016.
Related: Jean Baptiste Cadotte's First Family.
The Long Journey of a Forgotten People: Métis Identities and Family Histories
Louis Riel (1844-1885)
Manitoba Metis Federation
May Tea? : The Construction of Metis identity in 20th Century Penetanguishene and Ontario
Student Research Project (MA) -- Nipissing University, 2010.
Métis Culture & Traditions: Métis Foundational Knowledge Theme
Métis in Alberta: Foundational Knowledge Theme
Métis Law in Canada, 2010
Métis Nation Governance: Métis Foundational Knowledge Theme
Métis Rising: Living Our Present Through the Power of Our Past
Métis Self and Identity: The Search to Contribute a Verse
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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Métis Veterans: Remembrances
“My ancestors would be proud of us”: Métis Women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People’s Housing Histories, Experiences, Struggles, and Perspectives
Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.
On the St. Paul Trail in the Sixties
Provisional Government of Assiniboia: Acknowledging the Contribution of Original North American Peoples to the Creation of Manitoba
Recalling Traditional Métis Christmas and New Year's Celebrations
Red River's Anglophone Community: The Conflicting Views of John Christian Schultz and Alexander Begg
Discusses how the two men's writings illustrate the two views points about the best option for Red River settlement's future: those who were in favour of annexation by Canada and those who felt that it would not be in the settlement's best interests since terms and conditions of it's future would be dictated by eastern Canadians.
Report by Lieut. William F. Butler (69th Regt.) of His Journey from Fort Garry to Rocky Mountain House and Back, During the Winter of 1870-71. to Hon. Adams G. Archibald Lieut. Gov. Manitoba, 10th March, 1871.
Excerpt from The Great Lone Land, originally published in 1873.
Researching Your Métis Ancestors in Ontario: Standards and Sources
A Sitting of the Commission
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A Son of the Fur Trade: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant
Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River
Role playing game which involves John A. Macdonald asking students to become spies and send information back to the government. Suitable for Grades 5-11.