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.
Métis Women at Risk: Health and Service Provision in Urban British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sonia D. Wesche
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 2, 2013, pp. 187-196
Description
Study investigated links between cultural identity and well-being for women in danger of sexual exploitation in Fort St. John, Prince George, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
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.
The Metis Work Ethic and the Impacts of CCF Policy on the Northwestern Saskatchewan Trapping Economy, 1930-1960
Theses
Author/Creator
Deanna M. Raymond
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.
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.
[Morgan Baillergeon: Traditional Hide Tanning]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Morgan Baillergeon
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with the author of North American Aboriginal Hide Tanning: The Act of Transformation and Revival which includes interviews and recipes from 15 tanners.
Duration: 28:19.
Mortality Among Children and Youth in High-Percentage First Nations Identity Areas, 2000-2002 and 2005-2007
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. A. Peters
L. N. Oliver
D. E. Kohen
Rural and Remote Health , vol. 13, 2013, pp. 1-11
Description
Compares child and youth mortality in areas with a high percentage of the population identifying as First Nations and areas with a low percentage of Aboriginal identity residents.
Music, Power, and Relations: Fiddling as a Meeting Place Between Re-Settlers and Indigenous Nations in Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique Giroux
Description
Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2013.
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.
Negotiating Métis Culture in Michif: Disrupting Indigenous Language Shift
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke
Decolonization, vol. 2, no. 2, 2013, pp. 92-116
Description
Looks at how Indigenous languages has been impacted by colonization and globalization. Also discusses the challenges for culture and language revitalization.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Estevan, CA [Census Agglomerations] , Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
Catalogue no. 99-011-XWE2011007
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part), CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Moose Jaw, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, North Battleford, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Prince Albert, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Regina, CMA [Census Metropolitan Area], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Saskatoon, CMA [Census Metropolitan Area], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Swift Current, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Yorkton, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
“No Other Weapon Except Organization”: The Métis Association of Alberta and the 1938 Metis Population Betterment Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole C. O’Byrne
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 24, no. 2, 2013, pp. 311-352
Description
Discusses the act that provided for Métis land settlements.
North America in the 21st Century: Tribal, Local, and Global
Alternate Title
North America in the Twenty-First Century
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bruce E. Johansen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 197-199
Description
Book review of: North America in the 21st Century edited by Kerstin Knopf.
Review located by scrolling to page 197.
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.
The Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework: A Case Study on its Impact
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura-Lee Kearns
In Education, vol. 19, no. 2, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 1, Autumn, 2013, pp. 86-106
Description
Looks at what impact the Aboriginal education program initiatives have had on participants, professionally, academically, and personally.
[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.
An Overview of Aboriginal Health in Canada
Alternate Title
Setting the Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Fact sheet looks at the social, economic and political determinants impacting health, policies and programs for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
Parents as First Teachers: A Resource Booklet about How Children Learn for First Nations and Métis Parents in BC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
First Nations Health Authority
Description
Provides information on culture and knowledge about early learning and lists services available to assist families.
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": Recognition of Métis Identity in Canada: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vernon White
Lillian Eva Dyck
Lynn Beyak
Jacques Demers
Marjory LeBreton ... [et al.]
Description
Provides background information relevant to identity, summary of evidence heard, and committee's key observations and recommendations to the federal government. Includes seven community profiles.
Perceptions of the Métis and Tuberculosis: An Examination of Historical Works
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Velvet Maud
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 55-70
Description
Findings revealed historical writings that perpetuated stereotypes contributed to elevated disease rates.
Placement Decisions and Disparities Among Aboriginal Children: Further Analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect Part A: Comparisons of the 1998 and 2003 Surveys
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Fallon
Martin Chabot
John Fluke
Cindy Blackstock
Bruce MacLaurin ... [et al.]
Child Abuse & Neglect, vol. 37, Special Issue on Risk and Resilience in the Context of Child Maltreatment (Part 1), 2013, pp. 47-60
Description
Study results reveal that the higher the proportion of investigations of Aboriginal children, the more likely placement would occur.
Plan For 2012-13: Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations
Description
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, well-being for northern residents and children, land claim obligations and improvements to programs and 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.
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.
Predictors of Obesity Among Métis Children: Socio-economic, Behavioural and Cultural Factors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin J. Cooke
Piotr Wilk
Kenneth W. Paul
Shelley L. H. Gonneville
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. 4, July/August 2013, pp. e298-e303
Description
Looks at household structure and income, parental education, food insecurity, language, cultural activities and parental residential school attendance as factors predicting obesity.
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.
Progress Report 2013, Health Care Renewal in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Council of Canada
Description
Aboriginal information p. 32-37.
A Psychoeducational Manual for Counselling Alberta's Aboriginal Youth
Theses
Author/Creator
Christie-Dawn Ladouceur
Description
Education Thesis (MC)--University of Lethbridge, 2013.
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.
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.
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.