The Amazing Adventures of Christina and Nan: Christina Henry’s Trip Diary, “Northern Saskatchewan Holiday,” with Annotations by Duff Spafford, Nadine Charabin, Bonnie Wagner, Christine Charmbury, and Myrna Williams
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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Dennis and Jean Fisher Donate Large Collection of Métis-Related Artefacts to Gabriel Dumont Institute
Emergence and Evolution of the Métis Nation
Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.
Fur Trade and Métis Settlements in the Lake Superior Region, 1820-50
Gabriel Dumont (1837-1906) Man of Action
Gee Meeyo Pimawtshinawn (It Was a Good Life): Saskatchewan Métis Road Allowance Memories: A Living Heritage Project
"Les Gens de Cette Place": Oblates and the Evolving Concept of Métis at Île-à-la Crosse, 1845-1898
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
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
“I’m Métis, What’s Your Excuse?”: On the Optics and the Ethics of the Misrecognition of Métis in Canada
Indigenous Digital Storytelling in Video: Witnessing with Alma Desjarlais
Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge
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
Metis Firsts in North America: Many Little Known Facts about the Metis
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Métis Law Summary 2009
Métis Politics and Governance in Canada
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.
Multiple Voices: Looking at the History of Batoche through the Eyes of Multiple Perspectives
"Nobody's Children"
On the St. Paul Trail in the Sixties
One of the Family: Metis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan
Paquin / Pocha: The Origins of a Family in the Canadian Fur Trade, 1634-1896
Parks Canada Invests in Métis Projects
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.
Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands
Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands
The Red River Resistance of 1869-1870: The Machiavellian Moment of the Métis of Manitoba
Political Science Thesis (PhD) -- University of Ottawa, 2011.