Recognition

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"Our Land and Our Culture Is Our Future": Strategies and Implications of Development on the Metis Settlements of Alberta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elmer Ghostkeeper
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 151-157
Description
Provides background to the Metis Population Betterment Act of 1938 and discusses relationships between Metis "colonies" and other governing bodies. This Act is commonly referred to as the Metis Betterment Act.
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Partnerships Between Aboriginal Organizations and Academics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clément Chartier
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity, May 2015, pp. 1-11
Description
Contends that the outlook for the Métis nation is much more positive due to the partnership between university professors and the Métis community.
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Paternalism and Identity: The Role of Personal Labour Organization in the Formation of Group Identity Among the Métis in the Rupertsland Fur Trade and the Aboriginal People in the Northern Australian Cattle Industry

Alternate Title
Paternalism and Identity: The Role of Personal Labour Organization in the Formation of Group Identity Among the Métis in the Rupert's Land Fur Trade and the Aboriginal People in the Northern Australian Cattle Industry
Theses
Author/Creator
Leanna Parker
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.
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"The People Who Own Themselves": Recognition of Métis Identity in Canada: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vernon White
Lillian Eva Dyck
Lynn Beyak
Jacques Demers
Marjory LeBreton ... [et al.]
Description
Provides background information relevant to identity, summary of evidence heard, and committee's key observations and recommendations to the federal government. Includes seven community profiles.
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Political Responses

Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions. Duration: 1:15:01. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
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Reconceiving Notions of Aboriginal Identity

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research Series (Institute on Governance)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carrie Bourassa
Ian Peach
Description
Discusses how colonization and construction of identities have affected the health and well-being of Aboriginal people.
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Reconciliation and the Métis of Canada

Alternate Title
Reconciliation and the Métis Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nicholas Vrooman
Kerry Sloan
Nathalie Kermoal
Description
Presenters discuss Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa of Montana's struggle for federal recognition, British Columbia Métis' perspectives on harvesting rights, and Canative Housing Corporation located in Edmonton, Alberta. Duration: 1:31:39.
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Roundtable on Urban Aboriginal Governance: Summary of the 5th Aboriginal Governance Roundtable, Ottawa, January 20, 2005

Alternate Title
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series, 2004-05
Towards a New Aboriginal Governance Agenda - TANAGA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
[Calvin Hanselmann
Peter Dinsdale
Patrick Brazeau]
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series
Description
Three speakers provided overview of the issue and looked at contemporary and potential mechanisms for dealing with issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Terry Lusty, Metis Journalist, Edmonton, Alberta

Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains an individual presentation by Terry Lusty titled 'Metis Land - An Incessant Saga', which first provides a brief history of Metis peoples in Canada. He states that it is essential that Metis people have a land base, training and/or education that is adequate and meets the demands of modern times. A brief question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bernard Heard, Labrador Metis Association

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Bernard Heard, speaking as an individual member of the Labrador Metis Association. It focuses on recognition and acceptance of the Labrador Metis people. He states that the Canadian Constitution recognizes Aboriginal people in Canada as the Indians, the Inuit and the Metis, but the federal and provincial governments operate as if the Metis in Labrador do not exist. He calls on the Commission to assist with more recognition with the federal government. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bernice Sheehan, Newfoundland Metis

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Bernice Sheehan expressing concern with status classifications of Aboriginal people: on reserve, off reserve, status, non-status and Metis. Metis as a group are not recognized by the Newfoundland provincial government, and as a result are denied services that recognized Metis receive in other provinces. Sheehan hopes the Commission will recommend provincial recognition to Newfoundland Metis to bring them in line with other groups. Following the presentation is a discussion with the Commission members.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gordon Carter, Member, Metis Nation

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Gordon Carter, member of the Metis Nation. He reiterates comments made by an earlier speaker regarding toxic waste disposal. Carter then acknowledges the historic contribution that Metis people made in the construction of the first buildings in Victoria and Vancouver in the 1700s. He hopes that Metis people will be recognized in the future for their contributions to Aboriginal life.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jack McDonald, Port Alberni Native Council

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Jack McDonald, Port Alberni Native Council. McDonald discusses what it means to be a Metis in British Columbia, and the challenges that confront his people as well as what he characterizes as an ignorant government and populace when it comes to Metis issues. Following the presentation Commissioner Georges Erasmus discusses some issues of Metis identity in British Columbia with McDonald.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jim Learning, Labrador Metis Association

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Jim Learning focusing on recognition and acceptance of the Labrador Metis people. His organization works for "equity of the treatment of our our people in Labrador through the land claims process." He states that the Canadian government must not longer continue to deny the rights of the Labrador Metis people. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Ken Noskiye, President, Metis Settlements General Council

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Ken Noskiye whose organization in 1989 signed the Metis Settlements Accord with the Alberta government. The Accord established principles for a partnership for Metis self-determination, giving the Metis a land base within to govern themselves in the legislative framework for governance. Noskiye calls for the Commission to ensure the Metis are not left out of government negotiations in the future. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mario Paradis, President and Rene Boileau, Research Advisor, Association des Metis et Indiens Hors-Reserves du Quebec Inc.

Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Mario Paradis and Rene Boileau whose organization "brings together Metis and non-status Indians of Quebec, to have their status concretely recognized; to study, promote, protect and develop the material, cultural, social, economic and political interests of its members in every way possible; and to maintain a permanent secretariat in order to develop links among the members. The speakers also address the difficulty of determining the origin of the Canadian Metis.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Max Morin, Regional Director, Metis Society of Sask. Chairman, Gabriel Dumont Institute

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Max Morin
Description
File contains a presentation by Max Morin, Metis Society of Saskatchewan, Regional Director - Chairman, Gabriel Dumont Institute. Morin discusses the problems faced by the Metis people in northern Saskatchewan, and complains that multinational corporations have more rights to the land than its rightful owners (the Metis themselves). Morin also discusses how wealth has been extracted from the region with no benefit to the people living there, who have actually gone into debt. Morin sees the way forward for the Metis as dependent upon good education for his people.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Robert Mercredi, Metis Society of Saskatchewan

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Robert Mercredi of the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. Mercredi discusses his organization, and the problems facing his people. He describes the Metis as Canada's forgotten people, and while offering support for the "Canada clause" of the Constitution stresses the need for the Metis to be recognized on an equitable level with their Indian and Inuit brothers and sisters. He bemoans the lack of a land base for the Metis people of Saskatchewan, and the lack of resources neccessary for basic governmental functioning.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Ron Swain, Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Ron Swain of the Southern Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association focusing on Metis self-government. He provides a brief history of the Metis in Canada. Swain states that the Metis are recognized as Aboriginal people in the Canadian Constitution, but do not have any negotiated rights. He introduces the next speaker, Sheilagh Chief.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by the Metis Nation of Quebec

Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Claude Aubin, Metis, Lower St. Lawrence; Rock Matte, Malecite Metis, Lower St. Lawrence; Andy Frost, Metis, Fort Coulonge; Elizabeth Lamadeleine, Metis, Quyon; Cecile Jean Legros, Metis, Ste-Veronique; Sylvie Plouffe, Metis, Mont-Laurier; Rejean Pilote, Metis, Lac St-Jean; Marie Joseph-Riel, representing the Riel family of la Valtrie; Martine Brisebois, Metis, Mont-Laurier and Bruno Meilleur, Metis, Ile du Grand Calumet.
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Saskatchewan Homestead Records

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lloyd Rodwell
Saskatchewan History, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1965, pp. 10-29
Description
Discusses the information about the settlement of the prairies that can be gleaned from the homesteading records held by The Saskatchewan Archives. Some discussion of the Métis’ occupation of the land and river lots system (pp 27-29). Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 10.
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Sinclair Put Métis in Canada's Constitution

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dianne Meili
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 10, January 2013, p. 26
Description

Looks at the accomplishments of an Aboriginal activist Jim Sinclair over the span of fifty years.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.

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Sleeper of a Case Receives National Attention

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 8
Description

Discussion of who is allowed to be identified as Métis and be part of receiving the benefits of that identification.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Some Preliminary Considerations for a Métis-Catalan Comparison

Alternate Title
Some Preliminary Considerations for a Metis-Catalan Comparison
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Stephen White
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 75-95
Description
Compares the similarities of the Metis and Catalan nationalism to identify how these two movements can learn from one another in their fights for nationhood within a larger state.
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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
Description
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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Treaty Research Report: Treaty No. 11 (1921)

Alternate Title
Treaty Research Report: Treaty 11 (1921)
Treaty Research Report: Treaty Eleven (1921)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kenneth S. Coates
William R. Morrison
Description
States the treaty was cloaked in the symbolism and legality that characterized "negotiations" in the northern, non-agricultural districts.
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Turning Pages - Dr. Evelyn Peters on Rooster Town

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Michael Elves
Description
Episode 63: Dr. Peters discusses her new book Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961, the research that went into it, and the history of the urban Métis in the Winnipeg area. Duration: 53:55.
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Understanding the Daniels Case on s. 91(24) Constitution Act 1867

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul L.A. H. Chartrand
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, Special Issue on Non-Status Indians, 2014, pp. 115-131
Description
Commentary, in non-legal terms, explains the case was about an action for declaration, not Aboriginal rights or entitlement of Métis and Non-Status Indians.
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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
Description
Looks at the history, culture and language of the Métis people. Duration: 1:00:16.
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[University Admissions Roundtable]

Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Aboriginal Admissions and Métis Identity, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Affirmative Action, Self Identification
Responsibilities of Universities in View of the Daniels Decision
Where are You From? Reframing Facilitated Admissions Policies in the Faculty of Health Sciences
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Danielle Soucy
Valerie Arnault-Pelletier
Lisa Collins
Kara Paul
André Costopoulos
Description
Representatives from Canadian universities discuss their institution's policies about proof of Indigenous identity when individuals apply for equity seats. Duration: 53:08. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
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