The Metaphor of the Quilt in Contemporary Asian Indian and American Indian Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Deborah Weagel
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2006.
Chapter 8 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Using a literature review to look at the lack of research on Metis people living with diabetes and how this effects health policy and program development.
Research paper discusses history and legal aspects of rights in relation to the Powley case.
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Students participate in game involving the events leading up to and following the Red River Resistance, with special attention to Louis Riel.
Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.