Metis Harvesting Rights Upheld in Ontario Court
Comments on how the Metis successfully attained the right to hunt and fish for food in Ontario.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Comments on how the Metis successfully attained the right to hunt and fish for food in Ontario.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
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.
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Four videos discuss history and techniques of finger weaving, embroidery, rug-making, and beadwork.
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.Contends that the Indian Affairs Minister, Robert Nault, has dealt punitively with First Nations chiefs that have not agreed with his proposals and so the chiefs will be taking their complaints to the ethics commissioner, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Auditor General of Canada and the Prime Minister.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.3.
History Thesis (MA) -- Louisiana State University, 2002.
Anthropology Museum of the University of Winnipeg failed to follow appropriate protocols and procedures for repatriation of artifacts.
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Historical note:
The Mistawasis First Nation is located approximately 68 kilometres west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Nation has one reserve with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres. The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6 in 1876.