Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Discusses how to keep children healthy through nutrition and physical activity. Adapted from the BC booklet Growing Up Healthy published in 2013.
History of North Dakota
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Elwyn B.] Robinson
Description
"with a new preface and postscript".
Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions among Urban Métis Adults
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gisèle M. Carrière
Mohan B. Kumar
Claudia Sanmartin
Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 12, December 2017, pp. 3-11
Description
Used data from 2006/2007 to 2008/2009 Discharge Abstract Database linked to the 2006 Census. Found rate for Métis twice that of non-Aboriginals, with most common conditions requiring admission being diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Indigenous Peoples of Manitoba: A Guide for Newcomers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anika Reynar
Zoe Matties
Description
Introduction to different cultural groups, their history, relationship with the Federal government and current situations.
Introduction: Aboriginal Peoples: The Changing Face of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phil Bellfy
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 11-13
Description
Explains various terms including: Status, non-status, Métis and Indian; explores differences and similarities between U.S. and Canadian government policies and terminologies.
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Alternate Title
Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past
The West ; no. 9
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Description
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
Jurisprudential Challenges
Alternate Title
The Other Declarations in Daniels: Fiduciary Obligations and the Duty to Negotiate
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[History, Jurisdiction, and Identity in Daniels v Canada]
[The Chicken and the Egg: Unanswered Questions from Daniels
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eric Adams
Catherine Bell
Paul Seaman
Description
Three presenters discuss the Daniels decision: First looks at the decision in terms of history, jurisdiction, and identity and citizenship; second analyzes the reasons given by the court for denying two declarations that were sought in the case; and third discusses problem of who can legitimately decide if someone is part of the Métis collective.
Duration: 1:08:05.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Kiss of the Fur Queen
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jerome Stueart
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 188-189
Description
Book review of: Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway.
Kiya Waneekah: (Don't Forget)
Theses
Author/Creator
Dennis Davey
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Literary Land Claims: The "Indian Land Question" from Pontiac's War to Attawapiskat
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Megan Harvey
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of Literary Land Claims by Margery Fee.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 155.
The Many Worlds of Louis Riel: A Political Odyssey from Red River to Montreal and Back 1840-1875
Theses
Author/Creator
M. Max Hamon
Description
History and Classical Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.
Mennonite Voluntary Service Workers in Aboriginal and Metis Communities in Northern Alberta, 1954-1970
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. D. Regehr
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. [112]-126
Description
Comments on the service program that established new and different relations between Mennonites and the Aboriginal and Metis people.
Métis Action, Canadian Law and Historical Research: Preliminary Thoughts about Strategies for Current Efforts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Signa A. Daum Shanks
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 132-141
Description
Argues the volume of research needs to increase; recognition of importance of distinction between "historic" and "historical" is needed by legal practitioners; lawyers need to be more candid with clients about probability of a litigation's success; and clearer communication needs to take place about understandings of what an "economic" role is.
Métis and the Medicine Line: Creating a Border and Dividing a People
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chelsea D. Frazier
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 112-113
Description
Book review of: Métis and the Medicine Line by Michael Hogue.
Metis Are People with Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Catholic Insight, vol. 9, no. 4, May 2001, p. 24
Description
Provides discussion of the Powley case in which the Ontario Court of Appeal held that Métis are a people with comparable rights to those of First Nations.
Métis-Crown Relations Through an International Treaty Lens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Gunn
Bryn Rieger
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-25
Description
Argues the agreement that led to the passing of the Manitoba Act in 1870 is a viable treaty according to international law.
Métis Harvesting Rights in Canada: R v Powley
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 12, October 2001, p. 72
Description
The Ontario Court of Appeal hears a case regarding the Métis right to hunt, as protected in s. 35 of the Canadian Constitution.
Metis Heritage Days at Batoche
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 8 negatives showing meetings under a tent during Metis Heritage Days at Batoche, Saskatchewan, on July 19, 1982.
Metis History Book Produced in PA by Author John Dorion
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 2 negatives from the release of a Metis history book by author John Dorion in Prince Albert, SK, on December 1, 1982.
Metis Legacy: A Metis Historiography and Annotated Bibliography, Pt. 3: Annotated Bibliography and References
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Leah Dorion
Darren R. Préfontaine
Description
Very extensive list (235 pages) of literature covering all aspects of Métis history and contemporary life.
Métis Matriarchs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doris Jeanne Mackinnon
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 6, December-January 2017-2018, pp. 38-43
Description
Looks at the lives of Bella Hardisty (later Lady Lougheed) and Buckskin Mary (Marie Rose Delorme).
Metis, Mennonites and the 'Unsettled Prairie,' 1874-1896
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donovan Giesbrecht
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. [103]-111
Description
Discusses example of how Mennonites have played a role in oppressing Manitoba's Native people even though they may be perceived as the spokespeople for the oppressed.
[Métis Registries]
Alternate Title
Wahkootowin as Methodology: How Archival Records Reveal a Metis Kinscape
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Big Historical Data: Strategies for Leveraging Colonial History]
[Métis Identification and Registry]
[The Daniels Decision, Métis Registries, and Métis Research]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Mike Evans
Ryan Shackleton
Tracee Mcfeeters
Description
Presenters discuss importance of family relationships and kinship rather than just bloodlines, the Métis Nation of British Columbia's BC Métis Mapping Research Project, and administration of the Métis Nation of Alberta's identification and registration process.
Duration: 1:32:26.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Métis Representations in English and French-Canadian Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Joanne Durnin
Description
M.A. Thesis--University of Calgary, 2001.
Metis Rights Affirmed (in a Landmark Decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal)
Articles » General
Canadian News Facts, vol. 35, no. 4, February 16-28, 2001, p. 6202
Description
Charge of hunting without a license against two Métis men, trial court decision upheld in 1993 Powley case.
Métis Rights, Daniels and Reconciliation
Alternate Title
"Les Métis de l'Est": Outlining the Intellectual Currents at the Basis of 'Métis" Self-identification in Québec
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
You Cannot "Blow Hot and Blow Cold": The Contradictions of Colonialism and the Disregard for Mé Agency in Daniels]
["Get your application in!: Post-Daniels Pitfalls, Self-Identification and the Rush to Become Métis]
[Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Adam Gaudry
Darryl Leroux
D'Arcy Vermette
Description
Keynote speaker discusses his report A Matter of National and Constitutional Import: Report of the Minister's Special Representative on Reconciliation with Métis: Section 35 Métis Rights and the Manitoba Metis Federation Decision.
Duration: 1:03:28.
Second part (beginning at 1:08:32) consists of panel presentations on "Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels". Speakers discuss implications of decision for Métis self-identification, Métis in Quebec, and the Métis nation.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan.
Métis-specific Bibliography for the BCcampus Indigenization Project
Alternate Title
BCcampus Indigenization Project
[Indigenization Project: Process Documents and Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief list of resources divided into four sections: kinship, land relations, tools and impacts of colonization, calls to action.
Metis Studies: The Development of a Field and New Directions
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frits Pannekoek
Description
Chapter 5 from From Rupert's Land to Canada: Essays in Honour of John E. Forster [edited by Theodore Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens, Roderick Macleod]
A Métis Treaty Through the Lens of International Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Bryn Rieger
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-25
Description
Argues that the agreement reached leading up to the Manitoba Act meets requirements for a valid treaty in international law as it was at the time.
Michif Language Research, Literature Review, Teaching Resources and Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
David Morin
Description
List includes peer-reviewed and grey literature, on-line resources, oral histories, language videos, audio tapes, and CDs.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Minister's Advisory Committee on Library Services for Aboriginal People: Information is for Everyone
E-Books
Author/Creator
Minister's Advisory Committee on Library Services for Aboriginal People
Mixed Bloods of Moose Factory, 1730 -1981: A Socio-Economic Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol M. Judd
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 06, no. 2, 1982, pp. 65-88
Description
Discusses the socio-economic history of the Metis peoples of Moose Factory, Ontario.
Molecular Death and Redface Reincarnation: Indigenous Appropriations in the US and Canada
Alternate Title
Daniels v Canada, Beyond Jurisprudential Interpretations: What to Do When the Horse as Left the Barn
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim TallBear
Chris Andersen
Description
Speakers discuss the issue of who and what defines Indigenous identity, settler-state's practice of imposing their definitions, the phenomenon of "playing Indian", and broader social interpretations of court decisions such as Daniels.
Duration: 1:59:35. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
A Mother and Father of Pembina: A NWC Voyageur Meets the Granddaughter of The Buffaloe
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth Swan
Edward A. Jerome
Papers of the Algonquian Conference, vol. 32, 2001, pp. [527]-551
Description
Highlights the life of a North West Company voyageur and his Indigenous wife that bore Métis children.
Mrs. Lucinda Froman Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Keeshig
Lucinda (Mrs.) Froman
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Mrs. Lucinda Froman, who is a Mohawk Indian originally from the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. She gives an account of migration from the United States to Canada. She also talks of encounters with evil spirits and how to ward them off.
My Family
E-Books
Author/Creator
Penny Condon
Description
Story suitable for Grades K-3.
Negotiating an Identity: Métis Political Organizations, the Canadian Government, and Competing Concepts of Aboriginality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Sawchuk
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 73-92
Description
Describes how the contemporary Métis of Canada endeavoured to have their collective identity recognized by the government Canada and its legal system.
Negotiating Life Within the City: Social Geographies and Lived Experiences of Urban Metis Peoples in Ottawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Daniel Dumas
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
A New Look at Louis Riel Through His Visionary Experiences
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Fuller-Tarbox
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2001.
The North-West Rebellion, 1885: A Memoir by Colour Sergeant (Later General) C.F. Winters
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C.F. Winters
Saskatchewan History, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 1982, pp. 1-16
Description
The archived text of General Winter’s lecture “North-West Canada, 1885:--the Regiment’s first experience of Active Service in the field” which he delivered on numerous occasions.
entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
Offering our Gifts, Partnering for Change: Decolonizing Experimentation in Winnipeg-based Settler Archives
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Story
Description
History-Archival Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
The One-and-A-Half Men
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. S. Lussier
Prairie Forum, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring, 1982, pp. 146-147
Description
Book review of: The One-and-A-Half Men by Murray Dobbin.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
"Our Next Generation": Moving Towards a Surveillance and Prevention Framework for Youth Suicide in Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
Peter Butt
Robert Henry
Roger Bland
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2017, pp. 55-65
Description
Report reviews suicide data for Saskatchewan's Indigenous populations.
La Peine de Mort et les Autochtones au Canada, 1940-1960
Theses
Author/Creator
Charlène Renaud
p. 130
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1998.
"People Try and Label Me as Someone I'm Not": The Social Ecology of Indigenous People Living with HIV, Stigma, and Discrimination in Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta L. Woodgate
Melanie Zurba
Pauline Tennent
Carla Cochrane
Mike Payne
Javier Mignone
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 194, December 2017, pp. 17-24
Description
Based on study that looked at barriers such as access to supports and long and short-term health services.
Political Responses
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Politics on the Boundaries: Indigenous People's Politics in the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
Description
Political and Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--New School for Social Research, 2001.
Population by Aboriginal Groups and Sex, Showing Age Groups, for Newfoundland, 1996 Census (20% Sample Data)
Alternate Title
[Nation Tables: Aboriginal (20% Data)]
[Population by Aboriginal Groups and Sex, Showing Age Groups, for Provinces and Territories, 1996 Census - 20% Sample Data: Newfoundland]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada