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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table on Metis Issues - Presentation by Mark Laycock, Youth Worker, Child and Family Services, Metis Nation of Alberta

Documents & Presentations
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation given by Mark Laycock at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table on Metis Issues - Questions and Discussion of Presentations

Documents & Presentations
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes questions and a discussion by the Commissioners, Georges Erasmus and Viola Robinson, and the presenters and audience members at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Workshop Report for Metis National Council of Women by Joey Hamelin

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The file contains a Workshop Report for the Metis Council of Women by Joey Hamelin. Hamelin discusses the need for empowerment, the need to educate "our communities, ourselves, towards the acceptance of lesbian and gay people," the need for increased female leadership in communities, the need for networking, sharing, and a national strategy to tackle the suicide issue. Chairperson Hodgson then makes some announcements and pronounces the day's session at a close.
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Rupertsland Institute Lesson Plans

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Institute
Video presentations accompanied by lesson plans for Kindergarten through Grade 12 arranged under the themes of Métis language, culture and traditions, homeland history, governance, and the Métis in Alberta.
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Sash Takes Place Alongside Other Symbols

Alternate Title
Métis Sash at Home in the House
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 12, December 2010, p. 1,14
Comments on the investiture of a Métis sash during at ceremony at the Saskatchewan Legislature to celebrate 2010 as Year of the Métis. Article found on page 1 and continued by scrolling to page 14.
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Singing the Métis Story

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dennis Pilon
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, Indian Country, January/February 2007, p. 59
Brief profile of musician Don Freed and his album The Valley of the Green and Blue.
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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
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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Social Determinants of Métis Health

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miranda Dyck
Discussion on Indigenous-specific determinants to addressing health inequalities that exist for Aboriginal peoples and recommendations for developing a framework of determinants for Métis well-being.
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Spirit Gifting: Ecological Knowing in Métis Life Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Adese
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [48]-66
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.
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State of Métis Nation Learning

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathy Hodgson-Smith
Infinity Research
Gives historical and current context of education and argues for Metis-specific policies and programs which emphasize culture and identity.
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Still Here, Now

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danielle Lussier
Pawaatamihk, vol. 1, no. 1, 2023, pp. 4-6

A poem about the connection between clothing and culture.

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Symbols and Strategies: Acts of Métis Resistance - Using the List of Rights as a Framework for the Reclamation of Indigenous Child Welfare in British Columbia and Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daleen Adele Thomas
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 86-95
Looks at a framework incorporating Aboriginal culture and traditions, based on the "Métis List of Rights", to reclaim the rights and responsibilities for the care and well-being of Aboriginal children.
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Understanding the Métis

Alternate Title
Indigenization Brown Bag Sessions
Indigenization Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bruce Dumont
Phillip Gladue
Looks at the history, culture and language of the Métis people. Duration: 1:00:16.
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Unit 12: Métis Literature

Alternate Title
[Teacher Resource Guide: English 12 First Peoples]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Starla Anderson
Jo-Anne Chrona
David Ellison
Nora Greenway
Stephen Naylor ... [et al.]]
Developed for grade twelve students. Presented in six parts: Introduction, Novel Study I: (Halfbreed by Maria Campbell), Novel Study II: (In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton), poetry, drama and humour.
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The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Provides traditional Métis oral history interviews, photographs and various archival documents in visual, audio and video files.
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Voices of the Grandmothers: Reclaiming a Metis Heritage

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Welsh
Canadian Literature, no. 131, Discourse in Early Canada, Winter, 1991, pp. 15-24
Author recounts her search for information about her female ancestors. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 15 to read article.
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