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Les Metis et l'Idee du Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Morisset
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 197-213
Suggests that the true national character of Canada is best represented by the Métis population which has blended Indigenous and European cultures. (Abstract in French/English, text in French only)
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[Métis Flashcards]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation of Ontario

Photographs relating to Metis culture accompanied by brief explanations in French, Michif and English.

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Métis Food and Diet

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patrick Young
Todd Paquin
Leah Dorion
Darren R.Préfontaine
Outlines traditional consumption patterns and the effects of a move away from them in modern times.
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Metis Heritage Days at Batoche

Images » Photographs
File contains 8 negatives showing meetings under a tent during Metis Heritage Days at Batoche, Saskatchewan, on July 19, 1982.
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[Métis History & Identity: Lesson Plan]

Alternate Title
[Métis Nation Governance]
[Métis History and Identity: Lesson Plan]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Centre for Teaching and Learning

Created for Grades 10-12.

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Métis Holistic Lifelong Learning Model

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Stresses the correlation between Métis lifelong learning and community well-being, and how it can be used as a framework for measuring success.
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Métis Identity

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Leah Dorion
Patrick Young
Sherry Farrell Racette
Traces the roots of Métis sense of uniqueness as a cultural group, discusses how other groups have viewed them, and presents some sources for tracing genealogy.
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Métis Identity: A Personal Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Daniels
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 7-15
Author discusses her upbringing as a Métis individual growing up in Alberta.
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Métis Nation of Ontario

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Métis Nation of Ontario
Includes resources covering governance, hunting and harvesting, registry, programs, services, language, genealogy and an interactive cultural map.
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Metis Nation of Ontario Oral History Project

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Metis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission
Site discusses history, culture, battles, symbols of identity like the sash, fiddle and beading, and Elders, including a photo or video gallery.
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Métis National Council

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Métis National Council
Website includes links to Métis governments, rights, women, youth and veterans.
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Métis of the Mackenzie District

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edward S. Rogers
Arctic, vol. 20, no. 4, December 1967, p. 274
Book review of: Métis of the Mackenzie District by Richard Slobodin.
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[The Métis Sash]: Lesson Plan

Alternate Title
[Métis Culture and Traditions]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute, Education Team]

For use with Grades 4-9.

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Métis Seasonal Cycles

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Patrick Young
Todd Paquin
Outlines historical relationship between Métis and their environment, particularly the harvesting of resources.
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Metis Settlement in the North-West Territories

Alternate Title
Le Métis Canadien
Métis Settlement in the North-West Territories
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marcel Giraud
Saskatchewan History, vol. 7, no. 1, Winter, 1954, pp. 1-16
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.
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Métis Story Tellers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Briefly discusses the story-telling tradition and importance of oral history among the Métis. Includes two stories.
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Métis Talent Honoured at '08 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sylvia Peequaquat
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 12, December 2008, p. 20
Looks at the Métis theme of the book awards and the representative guest speaker, Maria Campbell and fiddler John Arcand. Article located by scrolling to page 20.
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The Métis: The People and the Term

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. E. Foster
Prairie Forum, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1978, pp. 79-90
Brief narrative clarifying the confusion surrounding varying definitions of the term Métis.
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Métis Traditional Food Number 1

Alternate Title
Métis Gathering
Métis Traditional Food #1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S)
Canadian Geographic Education

Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves students learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, making bannock, and Michif words associated with cooking and food.

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Métis Traditional Food Number 2

Alternate Title
Métis Traditional Food #2
Métis Gathering
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Teri Thrun

Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 involves students learning and speaking Michef words associated with food and cooking, learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, and making bannock.

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Metis Women and a Boy

Images » Photographs
Four Metis women and a boy, circa 1905. One of the women is holding a concertina.
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Métis Women Gathering: Visiting Together and Voicing Wellness for Ourselves

Alternate Title
Metis Women Gathering: Visiting Together and Voicing Wellness for ourselves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Corrigal Flaminio
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Leah Marie Dorion
AlterNative, vol. 16, no. 1, March 2020, pp. 55-63
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.
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Metis Women's Traditional Art Series

Alternate Title
Métis Hooked Rugs = Aen Kroshay aen tapee avec mi gineey
Métis Fingerweaving = En saencheur flechey
Our Shared Inheritance: Traditional Métis Beadwork
Métis Silk Embroidery = Mashnikwawchikun avec la sway di fil
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
[Cheryl Troupe]
[Leah Dorion-Paquin]
[Penny Condon]

Four videos discuss history and techniques of finger weaving, embroidery, rug-making, and beadwork.

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Michif

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Todd Paquin
Darren R. Préfontaine
Description of the characteristics and history of the language of the Métis.
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[Michif Language Lesson: Cultural Items]

Alternate Title
[Languages of Métis]
[I Have Who Has: Cultural Items Activity]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute, Education Team]

Designed for Grade 4.

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[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]

Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
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Monsieur Batoche

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Payment
Saskatchewan History, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, 1979, pp. 81-103
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.
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Motherland

Theses
Author/Creator
Tracy Charette Fehr

Art Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.

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