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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.
Métis Teacher, Identity, Culture and the Classroom
Theses
Author/Creator
Melanie Maclean
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.
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.
Metis Visionary Leader, Promoted Education Success
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 22, no. 9, December 2004, p. 26
Description
Recounts how Clarence Campeau set up a development fund, named in his honour, that allows Metis people to access business and community economic development funds.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
The Michif French Language: Historical Development and Métis Group Identity and Solidarity at St. Laurent, Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy A. Lavalle
Native Studies Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1991, pp. 81-93
Description
Commentary on origin and historical development and linguistic assimilation of language as a total way of life and symbol of identity for the Métis people.
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.
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.
Nationalism and Visual Media in Canada: the Case of Thomas Scott's Execution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyle Dick
Manitoba History, no. 48, Autumn/Winter, 2004, pp. 2-[?]
Description
Discusses impact of a famous newspaper illustration of this important historical event.
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.
New Era in Metis Constitutional Rights: The Importance of Powley and Blais
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Clayton Leonard
Alberta Law Review, vol. 41, no. 4, April 2004, pp. 1049-1083
Description
Discussion of cases which recognized the Metis right to hunt and had implications for inclusion in s. 35 of the Constitution Act.
New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bali Ram
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 31, no. 2, 2004, pp. 179-196
Description
Looks at trends in the fertility rates for North American Indians, Registered Indians, Métis and Inuit peoples and the merging of age patterns between different groups over the past 30 years.
"No More Kiyams": Métis Women Break the Silence of Child Sexual Abuse
Theses
Author/Creator
Lauralyn Houle
Description
Human and Social Development Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2004.
Northwest Saskatchewan Métis Women's Health: Research Discussion Paper for the Northwest Métis Women's Health Research Committee
Alternate Title
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence) ; no. 88
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lisa McCallum-McLeod
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence)
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 Ontario Métis: Characteristics and Identity
Alternate Title
Native Issues (Institute of Urban Studies) ; no. 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Mark Rosenberg
Greg Halseth
Native Issues (Institute of Urban Studies)
The Ontario Métis: Some Aspects of Métis Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Mark Rosenberg
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 1991, pp. 71-84
Description
Examines socio-economic characteristics and ethnic identity information gathered in 1985 by the Ontario Métis and Non-Status Indian Association (OMNSIA).
Opening Pandora's Box: Métis Aboriginal Rights in Alberta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa D. Weber
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 67, no. 1, 2004, pp. 315-338
Description
Topics include self-determination, self-government, Aboriginal title and land ownership issues.
[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.
PA Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Racism Conference Guest Speaker
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 4 negatives of a guest speaker at a Conference on Racism held by the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre on March 21, 1991.
"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.
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
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"A Place of Awakening": The Formation of the Winnipeg Indian and Métis Friendship Centre, 1954-1964
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie Elizabeth Macdonald Hall
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2004.
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 and Power of Languages: Indigenous Resistance to Colonizing Experiences of Language Dominance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke-Barnes
Journal of Thought, vol. 39, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 45-81
Description
Looks at the importance of storytelling and language shift in Cree and Metis speaking communities and the erosion of Indigenous language in education.
Population Reporting an Aboriginal Identity, by Mother Tongue, by Provinces and Territories (1996 Census)
Alternate Title
[Population by Aboriginal Group, 1996 Census]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Source: 1996 Census Nation tables.
Postcard From the 2016 Yukon Election
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Roddick
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 63-68
Description
Contends that the new Liberal government needs to make renewed investment for intergovernmental relationships with First Nations.
Prairie and Québec Métis Territoriality: Interstices Territoriales and the Cartography of In-Between Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Étienne Rivard
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.
Racially "Indian", Legally "White": The Canadian State's Struggles to Categorize the Métis, 1850-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hayter
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2017.
"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bonita Lawrence
Rebuilding Indigenous Nations through Constitutional Development: A Case Study of the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janique Dubois
Kelly Saunders
Nations and Nationalism, February 20, 2017, pp. 1-24
Description
Concludes that the Metis Nation must build legitimacy internally amongst members and externally with the state.
The Red River Crucible
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. E. Rea
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 5, October/November 1991, pp. 50-[?]
Description
Book review of: A Snug Little Flock by Frits Pannekoek.
Red River Shockhorror
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rod Macleod
The Beaver, vol. 84, no. 6, December/January 2004/2005, pp. 47-48
Description
Book review of: Reporting the Resistance: Alexander Begg and Joseph Hargrave on the Red River Resistance edited by J.M. Bumsted.
Rejecting the Standard Discourse on Dispossession Métis Lands in Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D'Arcy Vermette
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 87-119
Description
Looks at four reasons to reject the standard discourse: reliance on negative proof, represents governmental apologist manoeuvring, based on methodological individualism, the undermining of Aboriginal cultures in the writings of Thomas Flanagan.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Blanca Tovías
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, p. 146
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Reporting the Resistance: Alexander Begg and Joseph Hargrave on the Red River Resistance
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gillian Covernton
Manitoba History, no. 48, Autumn/Winter, September 1, 2004-2005, pp. 51-52
Description
Book review of: Reporting the Resistance by J.M. Bumsted.
Residential Schools and the Effects on Indigenous Health and Well-Being in Canada: A Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Piotr Wilk
Alana Maltby
Martin Cooke
Public Health Reviews, vol. 38, no. 8, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Looks at the negative health effects on residential school survivors and successive generations.
Review: Diane Paulette Payment, The Free People - Otipemisiwak: Batoche, Saskatchewan 1870-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette
Manitoba History, vol. 22, Autumn, 1991, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: The Free People - Otipemisiwak: Batoche, Saskatchewan 1870-1930 by Diane Paulette Payment.
"Riel … vivra dans notre histoire": The Response of French Canadians in the United States to Louis Riel's Execution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Paul Richard
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 697-724
Description
Author explores the response from French-Canadian peoples living in the United States in the mid-1870s to the execution of Louis Riel; argues that the reaction can help to understand religious and ethnic transnationalism, and resistance to social and political forces in the Canada and the U.S. in the late nineteenth century.
The Seven Oaks Incident and the Construction of a Historical Tradition, 1816 to 1970
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyle Dick
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association , vol. 2, no. 1, 1991, pp. 91-113
Description
An examination of the story and the discourse on the Battle of Seven Oaks using an examining of the primary sources of the time.
Sewing Ourselves Together: Clothing, Decorative Arts and the Expression of Metis and Half Breed Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Sherry Farrell-Racette
Description
Ph.D. Thesis--University of Manitoba, 2004.
Shifting Identity in the Work of Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Rayson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 27-36
Description
Explores the confluence of Indian-white heritages and "marginality" in The Crown Columbus.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
A Sketch Account of Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Military
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Moses
A Snug Little Flock: The Social Origins of the Riel Resistance 1869-70
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frits Pannekoek
Songs Upon the Rivers: The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer S. H. Brown
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 5, October-November 2017, pp. 56-57
Description
Book review of Songs Upon the Rivers by Robert Foxcurran, Michel Bouchard, and Sébastien Malette.
Sovereignty, Liberty, and the Legal Order of the "Freemen" (Otipahemsu'uk): Towards a Constitutional Theory of Métis Self-Government
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert Peeling
Paul L. A. H. Chartrand
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 67, no. 1, 2004, pp. 339-357
Description
Exploring the origins of Métis rights of self-government in the context of s. 35, Constitution Act, 1982.
Staying in Place: Plains Metis Borderland Communities, 1885-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Katie C. Pollock
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
A Story of Identity: A Cautionary Tale
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick J. Lewis
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 114-121
Description
Discusses how a university dealt with a complaint about a student who misrepresented themselves as Métis.
A Study to Answer the Question: Was the Métis Election of 2004 Run in the Fair and Democratic Manner Such That Its Results Can Be Relied Upon by Métis People and the Government of Saskatchewan?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Lampard
Description
Looks at the polls which had the most complaints to see if the the rules and regulations outlining the electoral process were followed.