Métis

Understanding Inequalities in Access to Health Care Services for Aboriginal People: A Call for Nursing Action

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Cameron
Maria del Pilar Carmargo Plazas
Anna Santos Salas
Lisa Bourque Bearskin
Krista Hungler
Advances in Nursing Science, vol. 37, no. 3, July/September 2014, pp. E1-E16
Description
Comments on the urgent need to enhance the delivery of culturally appropriate practices in emergency health care for Aboriginal people.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

A Unique Collection of the Past

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barb Frazer
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2001, p. 19
Description
First Nation owned and operated Frazier Museum near Beauval.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Unveiled Perceptions

Alternate Title
[David Garneau Review]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Niki Little
Description
Discusses David Garneau's solo exhibition, Métis/sage, mounted at the Urban Shaman Gallery.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

The Uprising in the Northwest - Sketch. - 25 April 1885.

Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Validation of Two Postpartum Depression Screening Scales With a Sample of First Nations and Métis Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela J. Clarke
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 40, no. 1, In-home and Community Care for Seniors / Le soin des ainés à la maison et dans la communauté, 2008, pp. 112-125
Description
Based on interviews with 103 women, study supports need for primary health professionals to offer postnatal screening for women who may be at risk for postpartum depression .
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Various Shades of Red: Diversity Within Canada's Indigenous Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cora J. Voyageur
Brian Calliou
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities Among Canadas Aboriginal People, 2000/2001, pp. 109-124
Description
Discusses the legal, social and cultural differences between Indigenous groups in Canada.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Verna Richards Interview 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Verna Richards
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Violet Marie Arnault Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Violet Marie Arnault
Ingrid Brenda Arnault
Indian History Film Project
Description
The interview is a general account of Violet Marie Arnault's life.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

The Voice of Métis: Housing Needs Assessment

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation British Columbia
Description
Reports results of survey completed by 2,059 individuals. Statistics on housing tenure, dwelling type, family household status, lone and non-lone parent households, number of children, and housing affordability, adequacy, suitability, and satisfaction.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Voices For Change: Aboriginal Child Welfare in Alberta: A Special Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Del Graff]
Description
Looks at data gathered from children, youth, caregivers, and other stakeholders regarding involvement with the child welfare system and identifies issues that are contributing to the over-representation of Aboriginal young people in the system. Presents 8 recommendation to improve outcomes.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Wah Pah Ta Cultural Week in Cumberland House

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Burton Smokey Day
Tantoo Martin-Cardinal
Maria Campbell
Description
The video, titled Wah Pah Ta Cultural Week in Cumberland House, records some of the history of Cumberland House and the music, dancing, entertainment, and traditional activities of the region. Script by Maria Campbell, narration by Tantoo Martin-Cardinal, theme song by Ralph Sayies, camera by Don Chaput and Glen Rosin, program design by Maria Campbell and Gerri Cook, and Maria Campbell and Burton Smokey Day are the directors and producers.

Historical note:

A video produced in 1986 for Northern Lights School Division No. 113 with funding from the Saskatchewan Educational Development Fund.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Walking with the Grandmothers and Aunties Wisdom

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Forsythe
Pawaatamihk, vol. 1, no. 1, 2023, pp. 119-133
Description

Examines the experiences of 13 Métis women and the passing down of their knowledge for future generations. 

Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Wandering Spirit

Images » Photographs
Description
Negative of a black and white sketch of a metis man on horseback, wearing traditional clothes, subtitled "Wandering Spirit".
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Whiteness: Naivety, Void and Control

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Andersen
Brendan Hokowhitu
Junctures, vol. 8, June 2007, pp. 39-49
Description
"Cultural entrepreneurship: uses and misuses of indigenous 'tradition' in a Canadian university".
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Who Are Aboriginal Peoples? And Why Are We Asking This Question?

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples and the Law: "We Are All Here to Stay"
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice Annual Conference ; 2015
The "Métis Question" in Different Legal Contexts
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marilyn Poitras
Jason T. Madden
Description
Marilyn Poitras discusses the complex issue of identity from personal, group, legal and government perspectives. Jason Madden discusses Métis identity in terms of case law and rights contained in Section 35 of the Constitution Act. Duration: 37:58.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Whose Agenda is it? Regulating Health Research Ethics in Labrador.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fern Brunger
Julie Bull
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 127-142
Description
Promotes the implementation and employment of community research review committees which are distinct from research ethics boards.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Wiisaakodewininiwag ga-nanaakonaawaad Jibibe-Giizhikwe, Racial Homeopathy, and "Eastern Metis" Identity Claims

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darren O Toole
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 03 10, 2020, pp. 68-95
Description
Evaluation of Dr. Sebastien Malette and Guilliaume Marcotte's article and testimony regarding Marie-Louise Riel being Louis Riel's aunt. The two were expert witnesses in two courts cases regarding the claim of a historical Métis community in eastern Canada.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Wild Card: Making Sense of Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders in Settler Colonial Contexts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Damien Lee
Kahente Horn-Miller
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 293-299
Description
Foreword for AlterNative’s 2018 Volume 14 Issue 4 Special Issue on Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, authored by its two Guest Editors; highlights the topics, authors and social contexts to be covered in the issue.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Wilfred McKay Standing in Lake

Images » Photographs
Description
Metis boy Wilfred McKay, standing in a lake. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

William & Helen Trudeau 3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Trudeau
Helen Trudeau
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Trudeau talks about the origins of his family. Interpreter : E. Debassigae ; transcriber : J. Greenwood.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

William Pearce Manuscript, Volume 1 - 1925.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William Pearce
Description
Selected excerpts from bound published volume of narrative which covers such topics as the early settlement and development of the western regions of what is now Canada. Among other subjects, Metis land grants and scrip, fur traders, buffalo hunting and methods of transportation used by Natives, and the Northwest Resistance are covered.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Willow Bunch Sk Metis

Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a group of Metis people from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan. Four youths are seated, including Clement Lacerte, seated fourth from left, who was 18 years old when this photograph was taken. At far right is a man holding the reins of a horse; [house] in background.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Wilma Moore Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Wilma Moore
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Wilma Moore was a teacher in Saskatoon who was involved in the Saskatchewan Metis Society in the 1930s and 1940s.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.