Baakaani-Inaadizi
A poem about gender and identity.
A poem about gender and identity.
A poem about identity and the buffalo.
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
Website for virtual exhibit centred on the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed engagement of the North West Resistance. Includes links to 110 images, the story of the battle from the differing perspectives of the museum, the Métis, civilians and military, and First Nations and brief biographies of Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel, Hillyard Mitchell, L.N.F. Crozier, and Acheson Gosford Irvine.
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
A poem reflecting on the Métis connection with the land.
Art Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
Looks at the Métis phrase miyo-pimatisiwin (good life) and how it connects the Métis past with the present.
A poem and accompanying photocollage that address Métis identity in connection with the landscape.
Substantial excerpt from graphic novel about a Metis girl who finds herself transported back in time to the buffalo hunt, conflict between the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company and the historic Battle of Seven Oaks. Suggested grade level 8-12.
A poem about the connection between clothing and culture.
Excerpt contains overview about teaching Indigenous topics, and lesson one on Métis culture.
Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.