Contends that in order to achieve student success, access to traditional knowledge and access to contemporary knowledge through a culturally responsive and relational pedagogy is necessary.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 86-95
Description
Looks at a framework incorporating Aboriginal culture and traditions, based on the "Métis List of Rights", to reclaim the rights and responsibilities for the care and well-being of Aboriginal children.
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 137-177
Description
Re-examines historical evidence used by Judge MacInnes in the case Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada
First Nations Métis Education Provincial Advisory Committee (FNMEPAC)
Description
Working draft of strategy with vision to build local capacity through relationship and understanding, excellence and equity, and accountability to First Nations and Métis learners and all learners across Saskatchewan.
Access Catalyst Leaders' Toolkit.
Toward a Métis Economic Development Strategy: Developing the Strategy: Report 1, March 2015: Developing the Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Metis Nation of Canada]
Description
Working group looks into successful and sustainable Métis entrepreneurship, engaging with private sector development, and ways to join the workforce reporting back to the Principals of the Métis Economic Development Symposium (MEDS) held in 2011.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity, May 2015, pp. 1-18
Description
Comments on the importance of traditional knowledge and oral traditions history as lines of evidence in Aboriginal claims litigation and alternative forms of resolution.
Ethnohistory, vol. 62, no. 4, October 2015, pp. 729-750
Description
Looks at reasons why Indian agents and national census takers often could not obtain accurate information, including: linguistic and cultural differences, distrust, uncertainty of racial categories, geographic mobility, and isolation of communities.
Seven fact sheets on the following topics: treaties, land claims, Aboriginal rights, duty to consult, fiduciary duty, and self-government. Originally produced for the Truth and Reconciliation national event in Winnipeg.
French Colonial History, vol. 11, 2010, pp. 109-129
Description
Examines how gender and race in the social, economic, and political structures played a role in the lives of Marie Josephe Le Borgne de Belisle and Marguerite Guédry.
Aboriginal Peoples and the Law: "We Are All Here to Stay"
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice Annual Conference ; 2015
The "Métis Question" in Different Legal Contexts
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marilyn Poitras
Jason T. Madden
Description
Marilyn Poitras discusses the complex issue of identity from personal, group, legal and government perspectives.
Jason Madden discusses Métis identity in terms of case law and rights contained in Section 35 of the Constitution Act.
Duration: 37:58.
Video includes a compilation of conversations on the strength and resilience of Métis peoples in the context of the residential school experience and its after-effects.
Duration: 9:54.