Communities

Describes the use of genealogy and kinship records to create a new approach to study the Metis people and culture.

Author discusses traditional knowledge systems of the Métis in Alberta and how the arrival of capitalism impacted the relationship to land. Focuses on writings of Elmer Ghostkeeper, Victoria Belcourt Callihoo and Herb Belcourt.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1965.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2017.

Book review of: Stretching Hide by Dale Lakevold and Darrell Racine.

Summary of views on the federal policy approach by First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities that took part in the engagement process under the Canada Action Plan on Consultation and Accommodation. Emerging themes include continued engagement and collaborations, broad interpretations and clear standards, and mutual understanding of Indigenous perspectives.

Discusses factors such as climate, vegetation, land form and first visitors that influenced the settlement of the Metis area of the Gaspé Peninsula.

Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church. Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.

Thomas Major was one of the Metis involved in the early Metis organizations of the province.

Considers how possible final settlement with Government of Canada could provide access to capital.

The person being interviewed is apparently telling traditional stories. However, a great deal of the dialogue is inaudible and the stories are thus virtually incomprehensible.

Describes the author’s experience visiting locations associated with the Northwest Resistance such as Fort Carlton, Clark's Crossing, Fish Creek, Batoche and Duck Lake, and speaking to local people about the different sites and events. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30.

Township Plan of Township 43, Range 1, West of the Third Meridian showing St. Laurent Settlement and the Batoche Ferry Crossing. Also shows location of plots relative to the One Arrow Indian Reserve.

Originally published in The Press, Battleford Feb. 17, 1916. Details the trip made by the author and J.D. Noel from Battleford to Île-à-la-Crosse; includes information about the modes and conditions of travel, people they met along the way, and the author’s impressions of the village. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 21.

Episode 63: Dr. Peters discusses her new book Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961, the research that went into it, and the history of the urban Métis in the Winnipeg area. Duration: 53:55.

Two Metis boys, names, date, and location unknown, although likely sometime in the late twentieth century (1960s-1970s).

Describes ethnic differences between the two groups and the evolution of some similar cultural elements.

A discussion regarding the low COVID vaccination rates, compared to general population, of urban Indigenous populations in two Ontario cities.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

An Unidentified group of people in front of a log building, possibly an Anglican congregation, 19th Century. Probably somewhere in present-day central or southern Saskatchewan.

Historical note:

No further information available.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2018.

Image of the old rectory at left and church at right at Batoche National Historic Site in Saskatchewan; summer scene.

Provides traditional Métis oral history interviews, photographs and various archival documents in visual, audio and video files.

Book review of: We are Métis by Paul Driben

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 2000.

Compares the educational levels, labour levels, and the income and housing quality and quantity levels in Métis communities to other aboriginal communities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.

Traces the migration of many Métis to the United States following the Northwest Resistance and their economic marginalization on both sides of the boarder; examines questions of Indian title, treaty-making and the scrip program. Chapter from Métis Settlement in the North-West Territories. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.

Book review of: The Western Métis: Profile of a People edited by Patrick C. Douaud.

Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.

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.

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2011.

A portrait of William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon); leader of the Prince Albert Settler's Union, Louis Riel's Secretary, and U.S. Labour Activist.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.

Examines the significance of women's roles in the development of Métis society in the nineteenth century.

Video includes a compilation of conversations on the strength and resilience of Métis peoples in the context of the residential school experience and its after-effects. Duration: 9:54.