Recognition
Historic Metis Communities of Ontario: An Evaluation of Evidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Adese
Daryl Leroux
Darren O'Toole
Description
Examines documents used to support three communities' assertion that they should be considered part of the Métis nation. They are: historic Georgian Bay Métis community; historic Mattawa Métis community; and historic Sault Ste Marie Métis community.
Indian Record (Vol. XXXII, Nos. 8-9, August-September, 1969)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Introduction: Aboriginal Peoples: The Changing Face of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phil Bellfy
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 11-13
Description
Explains various terms including: Status, non-status, Métis and Indian; explores differences and similarities between U.S. and Canadian government policies and terminologies.
Jurisprudential Challenges
Alternate Title
The Other Declarations in Daniels: Fiduciary Obligations and the Duty to Negotiate
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[History, Jurisdiction, and Identity in Daniels v Canada]
[The Chicken and the Egg: Unanswered Questions from Daniels
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eric Adams
Catherine Bell
Paul Seaman
Description
Three presenters discuss the Daniels decision: First looks at the decision in terms of history, jurisdiction, and identity and citizenship; second analyzes the reasons given by the court for denying two declarations that were sought in the case; and third discusses problem of who can legitimately decide if someone is part of the Métis collective.
Duration: 1:08:05.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
"Just Do It!": Carving Out a Space for the Métis in Canadian Federalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janique Dubois
Kelly Saunders
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 46, no. 1, March 2013, pp. 187-214
Description
Article advances the theory of how the Métis were assigned a exclusionary role after Confederation in 1867 and how this can be remedied.
Ka Oopikihtamashook’: Becoming Family
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krystl Raven
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 319-325
Description
Describes the Métis customs of adoption (Ka Oopikihtamashook) which are rooted in the wahkootowin (Indigenous frameworks of kinship). Examines the adoptions of several historical figures in the Métis community to further contextualize these practices of creating and maintaining familial and community relationships.
MAKING MÉTIS PLACES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: The Edge of the Métis Nation Homeland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Legault
BC Studies, no. 209, Spring, 2021, pp. 19-36,153
Description
Discusses the complicated Métis connection between their own identity and a physical space beyond their traditional Métis homeland.
The Métis Act: Being Chapter M-14.01 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 2001
Alternate Title
The Métis Act: Being Chapter M-14.01 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 2001 (effective January 28, 2002)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Government of Saskatchewan]
Description
Created to recognize Métis contributions and deal with certain Métis institutions.
Metis Activist Just Wanted a Fairer Deal for His People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 8 s
Description
Brief profile of Howard Adams, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for education. The article discusses what drove his academic and political aspirations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.28.
The Métis and the Social Sciences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Rivard
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 1-6
Description
Contributes to the academic debate on the position of Métis peoples as a distinct culture in support of recognition, self-determination, and self-government.
Métis-Crown Relations Through an International Treaty Lens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Gunn
Bryn Rieger
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-25
Description
Argues the agreement that led to the passing of the Manitoba Act in 1870 is a viable treaty according to international law.
Métis Identity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Leah Dorion
Patrick Young
Sherry Farrell Racette
Description
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.
The Métis of Lethbridge: A Microcosm of Identity Politics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
E. Ann Gibbs
Tara Turner
Prairie Forum, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 283-295
Description
Describes the difficulty of defining the term Métis and how most Métis people in Lethbridge, Alberta choose to remain invisible due to identity ambivalence or in an attempt to avoid possible discrimination.
Métis Perspective on Self-Government
Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Clem Chartier
pp. 83-87
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses Métis issues of recognition, self-government, justice and rights.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Métis: Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jill Doerfler
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 157-158
Description
Book review of: Métis: Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood by Chris Andersen.
[Métis Registries]
Alternate Title
Wahkootowin as Methodology: How Archival Records Reveal a Metis Kinscape
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Big Historical Data: Strategies for Leveraging Colonial History]
[Métis Identification and Registry]
[The Daniels Decision, Métis Registries, and Métis Research]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Mike Evans
Ryan Shackleton
Tracee Mcfeeters
Description
Presenters discuss importance of family relationships and kinship rather than just bloodlines, the Métis Nation of British Columbia's BC Métis Mapping Research Project, and administration of the Métis Nation of Alberta's identification and registration process.
Duration: 1:32:26.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Métis Rights, Daniels and Reconciliation
Alternate Title
"Les Métis de l'Est": Outlining the Intellectual Currents at the Basis of 'Métis" Self-identification in Québec
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
You Cannot "Blow Hot and Blow Cold": The Contradictions of Colonialism and the Disregard for Mé Agency in Daniels]
["Get your application in!: Post-Daniels Pitfalls, Self-Identification and the Rush to Become Métis]
[Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Adam Gaudry
Darryl Leroux
D'Arcy Vermette
Description
Keynote speaker discusses his report A Matter of National and Constitutional Import: Report of the Minister's Special Representative on Reconciliation with Métis: Section 35 Métis Rights and the Manitoba Metis Federation Decision.
Duration: 1:03:28.
Second part (beginning at 1:08:32) consists of panel presentations on "Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels". Speakers discuss implications of decision for Métis self-identification, Métis in Quebec, and the Métis nation.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan.
Métis Student Self-Identification in Ontario's K-12 Schools: Education Policy and Parents, Families, and Communities
Alternate Title
Metis Student Self-Identification in Ontario's K-12 Schools: Education Policy and Parents, Families, and Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Anuik
Laura-Lee Bellehumeur-Kearns
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, vol. 153, 2014
Description
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.
Molecular Death and Redface Reincarnation: Indigenous Appropriations in the US and Canada
Alternate Title
Daniels v Canada, Beyond Jurisprudential Interpretations: What to Do When the Horse as Left the Barn
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim TallBear
Chris Andersen
Description
Speakers discuss the issue of who and what defines Indigenous identity, settler-state's practice of imposing their definitions, the phenomenon of "playing Indian", and broader social interpretations of court decisions such as Daniels.
Duration: 1:59:35. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Monsieur Batoche
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Payment
Saskatchewan History, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, 1979, pp. 81-103
Description
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.
The Nature of Métis Claims
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Driben
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 183-196
Description
Suggests there are three perspectives about Aboriginal claims: legal, cultural, and political; considers Métis claims in cultural and political terms.
Negotiating an Identity: Métis Political Organizations, the Canadian Government, and Competing Concepts of Aboriginality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Sawchuk
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 73-92
Description
Describes how the contemporary Métis of Canada endeavoured to have their collective identity recognized by the government Canada and its legal system.
The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 256-258
Description
Book review of: The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North America (4th printing) edited by Jacqueline Peterson and Jennifer S.H. Brown.
No Comment (Almost): 200 Years of Observations on the Métis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Canadian Issues, Winter, 2005, pp. 28-30
Description
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.