Theses
Author/Creator
James McKillip
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2005.
Métis Offenders in British Columbia: An Examination of Needs in the Institution and Upon Release
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John-Patrick Moore
Tim Low
Frankie Berland
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 42-45
Description
Survey conducted through structured interviews with offenders and family members in order to provide profile of offenders and develop appropriate programming.
[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 Rights and Land Claims: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
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.
Metis say Proof of Being is a Link to Riel: Identity Issue could be Settles by Courts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Matas
Globe and Mail, December 30, 2002
Description
Debate regarding Métis identity and recognition to be considered by Supreme Court of Canada in the Plante case.
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.
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.
Métis Veterans Launch Class Action Lawsuit
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Common
Description
CBC reports on the lawsuit initiated by veterans after the Federal government excluded them from compensation offered to Status Indians. Broadcast date: August 12, 2002.
Duration: 2:18.
Metis Veterans Ready for Battle
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 5, September 2002, p. 8
Description
Contends that after World War II ended, Metis veterans have seen no federally funded compensation, unlike non-Aboriginal veterans, and are ready to deal with the issue at a political level.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Metis Women's Traditional Art Series
Alternate Title
Métis Hooked Rugs = Aen Kroshay aen tapee avec mi gineey
Métis Fingerweaving = En saencheur flechey
Our Shared Inheritance: Traditional Métis Beadwork
Métis Silk Embroidery = Mashnikwawchikun avec la sway di fil
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
[Cheryl Troupe]
[Leah Dorion-Paquin]
[Penny Condon]
Description
Four videos discuss history and techniques of finger weaving, embroidery, rug-making, and beadwork.
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.
mihkwâkamiwi sîpîsis: Stories and Pictures from Métis Elders in Fort McKay
Alternate Title
Solstice Series ; no. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Craig Campbell
Alice Boucher
Mike Evans
Emma Faichney
Howard La Corde
Zachary Powder
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.
Needs Assessment Guide for Métis Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Centre
National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
Description
Looks at a community-based needs assessments model specifically designed for use in Métis communities that would be based on traditional Métis values.
Negotiating Cultural Identities: Conflict Transformation in Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Lawrence Albert Dunn
Description
Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2002. Discussion of the Innu, Inuit and Métis peoples of Labrador.
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.
No Comment (Almost): 200 Years of Observations on the Métis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Canadian Issues, Winter, 2005, pp. 28-30
Description
Author creates a compilation of comments and observations made about Métis people throughout history and in doing so reveals the complicated and often contrary discourse that surrounds Métis people and the Métis Nation.
The Oblate Construction of the Métis Other: Mission Ambulante Among Les Hivernants, 1830--1880
Theses
Author/Creator
Dawn Adèle Lamothe
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2002.
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.
[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.
Our Words, Our Ways: Teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learners
Alternate Title
Alberta Curriculum Guides
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Services Branch and Learning and Teaching Resources Branch
Alberta Education
p. viii, 215
Description
Offers practical ideas and sample strategies to help teachers meet the needs of Aboriginal students.
Parks Canada and the 1885 Rebellion/Uprising/Resistance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan McCullough
Prairie Forum, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall, 2002
Description
Looks at the way each generation views historical events and the evolving interpretation of the 1885 Rebellion.
[Paul v. Canada, 2002 FCT 615]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Federal Court of Canada
Description
Case involved request for an interlocutory injunction of the final land claim agreement in order that the independence of the North Slave Métis Alliance could be established.
"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
Alternate Title
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Heather Devine
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 151-157
Description
Book review of: The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900 by Heather Devine.
Policing First Nations and Métis People: Progress and Prospects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Linden
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 68, no. 2, 2005, pp. 303-312
Description
Explores need for change and issues that remain in policing in spite the many inquiries and commissions.
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.
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.
Profiles of Métis Elders
Alternate Title
Métis Perspectives and Traditional Health Knowledge Series
Documents & Presentations
Description
Highlights the profiles of 14 Métis Elders who are committed to protecting traditional health knowledge and healing practices.
Profiling Federally Incarcerated First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Offenders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John-Patrick Moore
Shelley Trevethan
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 25-27
Description
Study drew data from case files in order to compare socio-demographic, case needs and criminal offence/history characteristics of offenders from each group.
A Promising Approach: Best Practices in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelley Svidal
ATA Magazine, vol. 86, no. 1, 2005-2006, p. [?]
Description
Talks about literacy programs developed for FNMI students in the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6 ,Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Pincher Creek.
Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dominique Clément
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 772-773
Description
Book review of: Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities by Leo Driedger.
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
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 759-761
Description
Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood by 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.
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Murphy
Evelyn J. Peters
Calvin Hanselmann
Roger Gibbins
Gordon Christie ... [et al.]
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.
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.
Resource Compensation and Negotiation Support in an Aboriginal Context: Using Community-Based Multi-Attribute Analysis to Evaluate Non-Market Losses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy L. McDaniels
William Trousdale
Ecological Economics, vol. 55, no. 2, November 2005, pp. 173-186
Description
Discusses an approach to valuation that employs concepts and methods of decision analysis, informed by behavioral decision research, in an applied context.
A Review of the Social Union Framework Agreement and Its Implications on the Métis Nation: A Report Prepared for the Métis National Council
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peggy J. Blair
Bradford W. Morse
Description
Provides background and description of agreement, analysis of major court decisions, information on programs currently delivered by Metis organizations, and identifies areas where greater supports are needed but funding has been inadequate.
Revisiting Riel's Conviction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J.M. Bumsted
The Beaver, vol. 82, no. 3, June/July 2002, pp. 6-[?]
Description
Discusses trial for high treason in light of new Bill S-35 introduced in the Senate which would declare the conviction "vacated."
"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.
Roundtable on Métis Governance: Summary of the 7th IOG Aboriginal Governance Roundtable, Ottawa, March 29, 2005
Alternate Title
Towards a New Aboriginal Governance Agenda - TANAGA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason Madden
John Graham
Institute on Governance
Description
Summarizes presentation based on paper entitled "Exploring Options for Métis Governance in the 21st Century".
Roundtable on Urban Aboriginal Governance: Summary of the 5th Aboriginal Governance Roundtable, Ottawa, January 20, 2005
Alternate Title
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series, 2004-05
Towards a New Aboriginal Governance Agenda - TANAGA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
[Calvin Hanselmann
Peter Dinsdale
Patrick Brazeau]
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series
Description
Three speakers provided overview of the issue and looked at contemporary and potential mechanisms for dealing with issues.
Savage Half-Breed, French Canadian or White US Citizen? Louis Riel and US Perceptions of Nation and Civilization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren L. Basson
National Identities, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 369-388
Description
Examines the United States response to Louis Riel, from the press image to how Riel's politics changed the understanding of what it meant to be a member of the United States nation.
The Scrip Solution: The North West Métis Scrip Policy, 1885--1887
Theses
Author/Creator
Camilla Augustus
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2005.