Communities

Contains information regarding Métis history, culture, arts, community, and education.

Includes resources covering governance, hunting and harvesting, registry, programs, services, language, genealogy and an interactive cultural map.

Paper submitted to the Ontario's Children and Youth Services voicing concerns and changes needed the Child and Family Services Act that would improve outcomes for families.

Website includes links to Métis governments, rights, women, youth and veterans.

Web-interfaced database that contains textual information and photographs extracted from archival documents relevant to the Métis Nation.

Book review of: The Free People: Otipemisiwak, Batoche, Saskatchewan 1870-1930 by Diane Paulette Payment.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1970.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 1973.

Book review of: Métis of the Mackenzie District by Richard Slobodin.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1988.

Describes the movement of Métis from the Red River Settlement following the Red River Resistance to western Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Translation of a portion of Le Métis Canadien. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.

Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta including population, land base, location and community contacts. Contains links to both superseded and current versions published between 2010 and April 2022.

Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.

Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.

Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.

File contains 1 negative from the Metis Society Auxillary Fashion Show held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1973. The image shows four Metis women in contemporary clothing at the show.

File contains a report of the proceedings of a conference of the Metis of Saskatchewan, hosted by Premier T. C. Douglas on 30 July 1946. They discuss issues facing the Metis after WW II and organizational difficulties. The minister of Social Welfare was present, as were two people from his department. The goal of the CCF was to address the needs of the Metis who were deemed "underpriviledged" by Premier Douglas.

Using an online survey and interviews with Ontario school administrators to explore how the Ontario Education system has fostered a more welcoming environment for students to self declare their Indigenous status. These changes are implementation from the 2007 Ontario First Nation, Métis and Inuit Education Policy Framework.

Chapter 5 from From Rupert's Land to Canada: Essays in Honour of John E. Forster [edited by Theodore Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens, Roderick Macleod]

Argues that most studies which examine poverty and government income supports to Métis and other Indigenous communities fail to consider Aboriginal systems of reciprocity, wealth distribution and social obligations. Compares Métis and Euro-Canadian conceptualizations of social welfare. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 7.

Authors examine the ways that gathering to share knowledge and community affects the wellness of Métis women; focus on themes of (a) Importance of Métis women gathering together; (b) Visiting is changing; (c) Learning-by-doing and kinship; (d) Métis women’s gatherings, community, and wellness; (e) Métis-specific spaces to share stories; and (f) Pride in Métis women’s identity.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2009.

Looks at the rising Métis population in Canada over the last 20 years.

Discusses the socio-economic history of the Metis peoples of Moose Factory, Ontario.

Author used government records, correspondence of the Oblats de Marie Immaculée, homestead files, and Métis testimony to illustrate the far reaching influence of the Métis generally, and specifically of the family and community of François-Xavier Letendre dit Batoche in the North West in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.81.

Looks at the improvements made to the Back to Batoche site for the annual four day Métis cultural fair. Article located by scrolling to page 18.

General discussion of Mr. Birston's life with comments from his granddaughter and grandson. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

This 90 year old lady describes the payment of scrip and allocation of colonies to the Metis of northern Alberta.

Consists of an interview with Mrs. Lucinda Froman, who is a Mohawk Indian originally from the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. She gives an account of migration from the United States to Canada. She also talks of encounters with evil spirits and how to ward them off.

An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)

Dr. Jackson's presentation of her experiences in the Keg River, Northern Alberta and her knowledge of the Métis. Previously published in Journal of the Medical Women's Federation of Great Britain.

File contains 5 negatives from a National Meeting of Indian Metis Friendship Centres held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, July, 1985.

Looks at a community-based needs assessments model specifically designed for use in Métis communities that would be based on traditional Métis values.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

" ... this article proceeds by charting the valuable contribution of new shifts in the field of Métis studies to readings of Métis life stories ... "

File contains 2 negatives from a ceremony held at the Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre to commemorate the official opening of the Iskwew program for abused women.

Author creates a compilation of comments and observations made about Métis people throughout history and in doing so reveals the complicated and often contrary discourse that surrounds Métis people and the Métis Nation.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2004.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2006.

Music Thesis (M.F.A.)--York University, 1986.

Group portrait of Duck Lake and Batoche businessmen, politician and Indian Agent. Front row, seated left to right: Eugene Boucher, Conservative member for Batoche Francois-Xavier "Batoche" Letendre, Merchant of Batoche (Eugene Boucher's father-in-law) W.J. Pozer, Duck Lake Merchant. Standing left to right: George Fisher, Liquor Store Proprietor at Duck Lake Damase Racette, Batoche Ferry Operator Gus Fournier, Massey-Harris Agent, Duck Lake U.S. Urton, C.P.R. Agent, Duck Lake Mr. St. Louis, Implement Agent, Duck Lake Patrice Parenteau, Merchant, Duck Lake R.S.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1999.