Métis

[Settler Reflections: Knowing and Refusing to Know about Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women]

Alternate Title
[University of Saskatchewan College of Law Guest Speakers Series]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mary Eberts
Description
Video of lecture given by the Ariel Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law on October 24, 2011. Speaker discusses portrayal of Aboriginal women in the Ecstasy of Rita Jo by George Ryga and the Manawaka cycle by Margaret Laurence as they relate to the current context. Duration: 42:18.
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The Seven Oaks Reader (Excerpts)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrna Kostash
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [73]-80
Description
The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
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Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Realities and Access to Services for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in Canada

Alternate Title
SOGC Joint Policy Statement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Yee
Alisha Apale
Melissa Deleary
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, vol. 33, no. 6, June 2011, pp. 633-637
Description
Offers six recommendations to reduce the inequity in the availability and accessibility of sexual and reproductive services.
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Shifting Identity in the Work of Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Rayson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 27-36
Description
Explores the confluence of Indian-white heritages and "marginality" in The Crown Columbus. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Sister A. Brady, Anne Brady Walther, Dorothy Chapman

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Sister A. Brady
Anne Brady Walther
Dorothy Chapman
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with three of Jim Brady's sisters. They talk about early life in St. Paul des Metis in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics and lifestyle of their father, Jim Brady, Sr., as well as discussing Brady's maternal grandfather, Laurent Garneau.
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"The Song I am Singing": Gregory Scofield's Interweavings of Métis, Gay and Jewish Selfhoods

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Scudeler
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 129-145
Description
Examines how Scofield employs different identities in his work, rejecting being placed in any particular category. Argues that his identities overlap and are braided together much like a Métis sash.
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Songs To Celebrate Saskatchewan

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Winston Wuttunee
Description
The 13:34-minute video was filmed at Valley View School in Beauval and features special guest Winston Wuttunee and the students singing songs in English and Cree by the teachers and students of the school for the Celebrate Saskatchewan festivities in 1981. Filming and production was by the DNS Extension Services Branch.

Historical note:

A video titled 'Songs to Celebrate Saskatchewan' recorded in 1981 by staff of the Extension Service Branch of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan in Beauval.
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Special Métis Issue: American Indian and Culture Research Journal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John S. Long
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 273-276
Description
Review of articles in the Special Métis Issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1982. This Special Issue is available in hard copy only; one source is E 75 .A5 in U.of S. library.
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Speech, Language and Hearing Services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis Children in Canada, with a Focus on Children 0 to 6 Years of Age: A Project Summary Report with Recommendations for Addressing Speech, Language and Hearing Issues

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sharon Fotheringham
Description
Project purpose was to increase understanding of the current accessibility and availability of speech-language pathology and audiology services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis heritage in Canada.
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SSHRC/CURA Resources (North American)

Alternate Title
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Canadian University Research Alliance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Community-Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives?]
Description
Extensive list of monographs (281 pages). Current as of 2011.
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Stan Durocher Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Stan Durocher
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Stan Durocher was one of the original and most active members of the local Metis Association organized by Jim Brady.
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Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph taken at Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve. Shows a ceremony in which Alexander of Tunis, Governor General, was inducted into Kainai Chieftanship. Part of a series of photographs, LH 2166-2169. In this photograph, Percy Creighton stands in centre holding "weasel tail robe", formerly owned by Red Crow, Blood war chief and signator to Treaty 7. Robe now in Alberta provincial Museum. John Cotton, kneeling at right, is medicine man performing initiation ceremony.
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Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph taken at Stand Off, Alta. on Blood Reserve. Shows a ceremony in which Alexander of Tunis, Governor General, was inducted into Kainai Chieftanship. Part of a series of photographs, LH 2166-2169. In this photograph, Percy Creighton stands on the left and John Cotton on the right, the medicine man performing initiation ceremony. Alexander of Tunis stands in the centre wearing a headdress.
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Stoking the Fires of Métis Nationalism

Alternate Title
Comment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 2, February 2011, p. 6
Description
Response to comments made by two Eagle Feather News readers regarding a statement made by the author, Paul Chartrand, at a Métis National Council Conference. Article found by scrolling to page 6.
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A Story of Identity: A Cautionary Tale

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick J. Lewis
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 114-121
Description
Discusses how a university dealt with a complaint about a student who misrepresented themselves as Métis.
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The Story She Held Inside; Her Métis Spirit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Goulet
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 59-61
Description
Author describes how her art is a form of discovery and recovery and includes two pictures.
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A Strategy for Change: Supporting Teachers and Improving First Nations, Métis, and Inuit School Success in Provincially Funded Northwestern Ontario Schools

Alternate Title
Report (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John A. Hodson
Julian Kitchen
Description
Contends that in order to achieve student success, access to traditional knowledge and access to contemporary knowledge through a culturally responsive and relational pedagogy is necessary.
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Suicidal Ideation among Métis Adult Men and Women - Associated Risk and Protective Factors: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mohan B. Kumar
Melissa Walls
Teresa Janz
Peter Hutchinson
Tara Turner
Catherine Graham
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18829
Description
Higher rates of ideas of suicide among Métis women compared with Métis men points to the logic in gender responsive programming.
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Summary of Conference Reporter: The Honourable Richard Scott

Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections from the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Scott
Description
Presented by Former Chief Justice of Manitoba, Distinguished Jurist in Residence, University of Manitoba. Duration: 27:28.
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