Métis

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Samaria Reynolds (via translator)

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File contains opening remarks by Samaria Reynolds of The Pas, Manitoba. She touches on a variety of issues including education accessibility, medical care for northerners, her own disability and the issues that has raised for her, issues arising with her reinstatement under Bill C31 (which gave many Aboriginal women back their Status under the Indian Act), her children and grandchildren and the experiences they've faced, the problem of youth suicide, and the importance of learning from Elders.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Silpa Edmunds (via translator)

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File contains opening remarks by Silpa Edmunds(via a translator, in addition to a few in English) regarding the economic and cultural problems faced by her people in Labrador and her hopes that the Commission will address these issues. She reiterates some of Boas Jararace's concerns, and also adds the problems of alcoholism, family breakdown, and a loss of cultural identity amongst Inuit, First Nations and Metis people in Labrador. Edmunds is an Inuit woman from Hopedale, Labrador.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Vital Morin

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File contains opening remarks by Vital Morin of Ile A La Crosse, Saskatchewan. Morin discusses his own life including a stint in World War 2, and his actions in helping to organize the Metis Society of Saskatchewan, how the Metis were overlooked by government, hunting rights, and his hope that the Commission will lead to concrete action on behalf of Metis people.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Reverend Verna Jebb and Ron Buck, Moose Lake Bible Group

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File contains a presentation by the Reverend Verna Jebb and Mr. Ron Buck of the Moose Lake Bible Group. Jebb and Buck discuss some of the social problems afflicting their community including gas sniffing, a lack of recreational opportunities for youth, alcholism and other substance abuse, illicit drugs, gambling, violent crime, property crime, and the need for community based funding. Following the presentation is a short discussion between the presenters and Commissioners Blakeney and Chartrand on the issues covered, as well as community policing and police resources.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table on Metis Issues - Presentation by Mark Laycock, Youth Worker, Child and Family Services, Metis Nation of Alberta

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This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation given by Mark Laycock at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table on Metis Issues - Questions and Discussion of Presentations

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This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes questions and a discussion by the Commissioners, Georges Erasmus and Viola Robinson, and the presenters and audience members at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table Session on Metis and other Aboriginal Perspectives in Urban Settings on Education

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This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a Round Table Session on Metis and other Aboriginal Perspectives in Urban Settings on Education. Participating in the session are Elder Noel Knockwood, John Dorion, Brenda Neilson, Gloria Anderson, Cindy Ziorio, Philippe Mailhot, Audreen Hourie, Dianne Cooley, Louis Lamothe, Bonnie Laing and Ron George. Comments from the floor were made by Sheila Genaille, Sandra Delaronde, Rose-Alma McDonald-Jacobs and Ruth Norton.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Workshop Report for Metis National Council of Women by Joey Hamelin

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The file contains a Workshop Report for the Metis Council of Women by Joey Hamelin. Hamelin discusses the need for empowerment, the need to educate "our communities, ourselves, towards the acceptance of lesbian and gay people," the need for increased female leadership in communities, the need for networking, sharing, and a national strategy to tackle the suicide issue. Chairperson Hodgson then makes some announcements and pronounces the day's session at a close.
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Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Act: Volume I

Alternate Title
Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Part 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs
Description
Claims Agreement signed in Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, on September 6, 1993 between Canada and the Dene of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope and Fort Norman, and Metis of Fort Good Hope, Fort Norman and Norman Wells.
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Sask. Metis Society Dominate New Council

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Saskatchewan Metis Society Dominate New Council
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 9, October 1973, p. 8
Description
Saskatchewan's first Northern Municipal Council election, and the controversy regarding jurisdictional concerns voiced by the Executive of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (FSIN).
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Saskatchewan Blends Conservatism and Tolerance

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Author/Creator
Jane Davidson
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 2, February 2001, p. 10
Description
Description of the Diocese of Saskatchewan, which covers the northern two-thirds of the province.
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Saskatchewan Herald

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Photocopied partial pages of the Saskatchewan Herald, dated 15 June 1885, 25 September 1885, 19 October 1885, and 21 October 1885, with stories relating to the Northwest Resistance.
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Saskatchewan School Boards Association's Advocacy Paper for Mandatory Curriculum That Includes the Rich and Diverse History of First Nations and Métis Peoples Pre-Contact and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools

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Author/Creator
Saskatchewan School Boards Association
Description
Position paper recommends "That the Ministry of Education move forward with curriculum renewal that includes the rich and diverse history of First Nations and Métis Peoples with their experience of the arrival of the European newcomers, and the legacy of the Indian Residential School era".
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Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre Day Care

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Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 regarding a request by Brian Tootoosis and Thelma Tootoosis to speak to Council regarding the denial by the Municipal Planning Commission of the application for the establishment of a Day Care facility by the Indian Metis Friendship Centre.
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Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre Day Care Request

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Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
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Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre Day Care Request

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Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
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Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre Daycare Request

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Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 regarding a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility.
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"Scene of Fight" [Battle of Duck Lake]

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A photograph of the Duck Lake battleground, taken sometime after the fight itself. The house near where many of the Prince Albert Volunteers fell in action is clearly visible in the distance. The battleground itself is located near what is today highway # 212.
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Scenes in the Saskatchewan country - Sketches. - 18 April 1885.

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Author/Creator
Charles Graham
Harper's Weekly
John Durkin
Description
Collage of sketches of the Qu'Appelle and Saskatchewan Valleys in 1885. Includes a column of Metis going to join Riel at Batoche, a Red River Cart, and one of Metis "Artillerymen." Historical note: sketches originally appeared in Harpers Weekly v. 29, no. 1478.
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