Hybrid Identities in Canada's Red River Colony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharron A. Fitzgerald
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 186-201
Description
Author analyzes of two different legal cases involving Métis women: Foss v. Pelly and The Queen v. Corbett, examines the role that gender and race played in the culture of the Red River Colony, and in the fur trade.
Identifying and Quantifying Métis 'Élite': An Analysis of Relative Wealth, Based on Red River Settlement Censuses of 1835
Alternate Title
A Casualty of Colonialism
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norma J. Hall
Description
Uses primary source which recorded heads of households, their age, religion, country of origin, martial status, number of offspring, and agricultural data (livestock numbers, kind and number of buildings and number of cultivated acres). Concludes that at that point in time, the socio-economic structure of the Red River Settlement was not necessarily arranged in a hierarchy with a powerful settler élite at its apex.
The Île-à-la-Crosse Cemetary: A Regional Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Gambell
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 41-46
Description
Uses spatial history research to examine the way that cemeteries as present-day manifestations of the way that a people recall their history can help scholars and communities to recognize how a person’s memory can affect contemporary social understandings of that person.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 41.
In Defense of Big Bear: The Role of Henry Ross Halpin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David R. Elliott
Prairie Forum, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 27-43
Description
Examines the relationship between Chief Big Bear and Henry Ross Halpin, a Hudson's Bay Company clerk during the 1885 Riel Resistance, and how Halpin came to Big Bear's defense after he was charged with treason.
"In Family Way": Guarding Indigenous Women's Children in Washington Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katrina Jagodinsky
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Native Adoption in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, Spring, 2013, pp. 160-177
Description
Looks at the extreme abuses some children suffered due to the guardianship system, while others escaped potential abuse because of the system.
In Memory of Mary Rose (Pritchard) Sayers: The Last Witness
Articles » General
Author/Creator
C.D. Denney
Saskatchewan History, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 1971, pp. 63-72
Description
Describes the people and events surrounding the Frog Lake Massacre (1885); includes extensive information regarding the genealogy of several Métis families and their connections through the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 63.
Incidents of the Rebellion of 1885
Archival » Archival Items
Description
A collection of stories about the North-West Rebellion of 1885 written by grade 8 students of St. Vital School, Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1923. The stories pertain to the Mann family's escape to Fort Pitt, the capture of Thomas Dewan by Stony Indians, the effect of the rebellion on settlers, the escape of two dispatch riders Philip Atkinson of Battleford and William Diehl of Prince Albert, and John Pritchard's rescue of Mrs. Delaney and Mrs. Gowanlock from the Cree.
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre 25th Anniversary
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 15 negatives showing people at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre during its' twenty-fifth anniversary on June 16, 1988. The 15 scanned images show eleven negatives showing various people within the Friendship Centre building, and five negatives showing traditional dancers in front of the Prince Albert City Hall.
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre 25th Anniversary Celebration
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 4 negatives from a celebration held to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Prince Albert Indian-Metis Friendship Centre. The celebration was held on July 7, 1988. The four scanned images include pictures of chuckwagon races.
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre All Candidates Meeting Addressed by Jim Sinclair
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 3 negatives from an all candidates meeting (presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) addressed by Jim Sinclair on July 24, 1980. Three images show Jim Sinclair delivering his address, flanked by other participants. (bad quality photos)
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Official Opening [Prince Albert]
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 2 negatives from the Official opening of the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, June 19, 1970. Images show four officials (including one in traditional headress) cutting the ribbon to officially open the Centre.
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Receives Cheque and Pays Out Payments [Prince Albert]
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 2 negatives from a financial event at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, June 29, 1971. Images show four officials exchanging a cheque (likely a donation or sponsorship of some sort, or possibly government funding).
Indian and Metis Sask Association of Local Northern Govts Meeting
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 4 negatives from a meeting of the Indian and Metis Saskatchewan Association of Local Northern Governments, presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 12, 1988. Two scanned images show meeting participants at the conference table.
The Indian, the Métis and the Fur Trade: Class, Sexism and Racism in the Transition form "Communism" to Capitalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron G. Bourgeault
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 12, 1983, pp. 45-80
Description
Contends that due to class exploitation created by mercantilism, First Nation peoples and Métis have struggled with resulting racism and oppression.
"Indians, 1923-1962."
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cecilia Wetton
Description
This folder contains a large number of articles, mainly by Mrs. Wetton, describing Native people, their way of life, and problems they were experiencing in the post-contact period. Only a portion of the articles and two brochures were scanned, however there are many articles that contain multiple photographs and interpretations of how Aboriginal people lived on reserves in the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
Indigenous Digital Storytelling in Video: Witnessing with Alma Desjarlais
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke
Equity & Excellence in Education, vol. 44, no. 3, Social Justice and the Arts, 2011, pp. 311-329
Description
A video project of Alma's stories of remembering and preserving tradition and a discussion on witnessing narratives used in storytelling.
Indigenous Knowledge, Literacy and Research on Métissage and Métis Origins on the Saskatchewan River: The Case of the Jerome Family
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Swan
Edward A. Jerome
Prairie Forum, vol. 29, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-24
Description
Explains how the authors used Métis genealogy to search for ancestors and trace them back to a French fur trader who lived in the mid-eighteenth century.
Intersections of Memory, Ancestral Language, and Imagination; or, the Textual Production of Michif Voices as Cultural Weaponry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela V. SIng
Studies in Canadian Literature = Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 95-115
Description
Article focuses on the struggle for survival of Métis culture and language (Michif), in the face of an increasingly globalized world.
Interviews Pertaining to Chipewyan Lakes Census
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.
Introducing Métis People: Taking a Look at Métis People in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Gail Martindale]
[Suzanne Camp]
Description
Power point and slide notes.
Introduction [to Our Legacy: Kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk: Essays]
Alternate Title
Our Legacy: Kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk: Essays (Introduction)
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Cheryl Avery
Darlene Fichter
Description
Introduction to the book, kā-kī-pē-isi-nakatamākawiyahk – Our Legacy which grew out of a desire to make materials relating to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples, found in Saskatchewan’s archival and libraries, more accessible.
Isadore Ledoux Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Isadore Ledoux
Carol Pearlstone
Doris McDougal
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
Isadore Willier Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Isadore Willier
Dave Kappo
Indian History Film Project
Description
This elderly man gives a fairly detailed account of the events at the signing of Treaty 8 and of the years immediately following this.
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Alternate Title
Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past
The West ; no. 9
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Description
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.