Center for World Indigenous Studies
Independent institute working to "restore traditional knowledge through research and education". Includes links to education programs, fourth world papers programs, research, virtual library and media center.
Independent institute working to "restore traditional knowledge through research and education". Includes links to education programs, fourth world papers programs, research, virtual library and media center.
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Excerpt from an essay that examines the themes in Maria Campbell's Halfbreed.
Looks at the history of two examples of regalia that traveled to France; one with a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in 1889 and the other worn by a performer at the Jardin d'Acclimation (a human zoo) in Paris in 1911.