Métis Responsibilities and Academic Expectations: At the Cross-Section of Identity and Research
A personal reflection on the author balancing their Métis ancestry and their academic career.
A personal reflection on the author balancing their Métis ancestry and their academic career.
Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.A personal reflection by a Métis elder on traditional Michif food.
A poem about Métis ways of knowing.
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.
Historical note:
Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1915.Historical note:
Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1915.Examines personal reflections of two 2SLGBTQ+ Métis people and their roles towards decolonization.
A personal reflection on providing a Métis perspective to land acknowledgments.