Rights
Métis Land Claim Participation in the North: Implications for Southern Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Larry Chartrand
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 56-60
Description
Looks at the Sahtu Dene and Métis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, and Métis participation in Gwitch'in and Tlicho land claims in the Northwest Territories.
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights & Scrip Conference
“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Description
Key note presentation entitled "“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base." Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:28:35.
Métis Land Rights and Self-Government
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leah Dorion
Description
Describes the role the scrip system played in eliminating the Métis land base, lists Métis political organizations and discusses current activity aimed at recovering their land base, which would enable a move toward self-government.
Métis Laws of the Harvest: Guide to Métis Hunting, Fishing, Trapping and Gathering
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Métis Federation
Description
Brief document includes information on rights, requirements for harvesting, tables for big-game and game birds with estimates of amounts needed by individual harvesters, and quick reference guide.
3rd revised edition.
Métis Life After 1885
Alternate Title
2010 - The Year of the Métis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Morin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2010, p. 17
Description
Describes the deplorable living and working conditions many Métis endured following the Resistance.
Article found by scrolling to page 17.
The Métis Nation and Métis Aboriginal Rights
Alternate Title
Research Paper (Scow Institute)
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mark L. Stevenson
Description
Research paper discusses history and legal aspects of rights in relation to the Powley case.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Métis Nation of Ontario: Southern Ontario Métis Traditional Plant Use Study
Alternate Title
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Study: Southern Ontario Métis Traditional Plant Use
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation of Ontario
Description
Includes results of interviews with 18 individuals, list of plant species identified as being of interest cross-referenced with list of species found at the OPG New Nuclear Darlington site, and fact sheets on ten plants.
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 Perspective on the Split in Jurisdiction
Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Noble Shanks
Description
Essay from1993 Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice discusses Métis claim to rights in relation to the administration of justice and the Criminal Code.
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 Resistance Part 1
Alternate Title
Métis Resistance Part 2
[Cluster 3: Becoming a Sovereign Nation (1867-1931]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kerri Martin]
Description
Part 2. Social Studies Grade 10. Power points look at the issues and events that were the impetus for the Red River and the North-West Resistance.
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.
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.
New Era in Metis Constitutional Rights: The Importance of Powley and Blais
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Clayton Leonard
Alberta Law Review, vol. 41, no. 4, April 2004, pp. 1049-1083
Description
Discussion of cases which recognized the Metis right to hunt and had implications for inclusion in s. 35 of the Constitution Act.
"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.
Plan for 2009-10: Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations
Description
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, employment, child well-being, land claim obligations and improvement of programs and services.
The Political Game and the Bounds of Personal Honour: Sir Fredrick Middleton and the Bremner Furs
Alternate Title
The Political Game and the Bounds of Personal Honor: Sir Fredrick Middleton and the Bremner Furs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel German
Saskatchewan History, vol. 45, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 11-17
Description
Described the circumstances leading up to, and the incident in which Charles Bremner had over $5, 000 worth of furs confiscated from him by Middleton and his men upon his arrest for suspicion of involvement in the North-West Resistance. Includes commentary on the partisan fallout of the situation when Bremner was released from jail because of a lack of evidence of his involvement but his property was not returned to him.
entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 11
The Power of Legal and Historical Fiction(s): The Daniels Decision and the Enduring Influence of Colonial Ideology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 2016, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on a judgement made by the Supreme Court of Canada affirming that the term "Indian" in s.91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 includes Métis and Non-Status Indians.
Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples: Issue 25 - Evidence - October 23, 2012
Alternate Title
Introduction to Métis Scrip
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Description
Explains the background and operation of the Scrip system which as put in place by the federal government as a way of extinguishing the Métis' Indian title and dealing with the land grant provided by the Manitoba Act, 1870.
"41st Parliament, 1st Session (June 2, 2011 - September 13, 2013)"
'Prospects for Justice: Resolving the Paradoxes of Métis Constitutional Rights'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Nichols
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 91-111
Description
Clarifies some of the confusion around Métis rights, affirms the uniqueness of the Métis situation and argues for legal pluralism.
"R" Is for Métis: Contradictions in Scrip and Census in the Construction of a Colonial Métis Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Adese
TOPIA, no. 25, Spring, 2011, pp. 203-212
Description
Reviews the Northwest Half-Breed Scrip Commission records and the 1901 Census of Canada to show how the Métis people were treated historically.
R v. Daniels: Issues of Jurisdiction, Identify, and Practical Utility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, Special Issue on Non-Status Indians, 2014, pp. 132-149
Description
Examines the removal of the constitution as an excuse by the government when negotiating Métis Aboriginal rights and socioeconomic needs on Non-Status Indians.
[Report of the] North-West Half-Breed Commission
Alternate Title
Canada. House of Commons. Sessional Papers ; 1888, vol. 12, no. 14, pt. V, p. 1-8
North-West Half-Breed Claims Commission
[Royal Commission to Inquire into and Complete the Enumeration of Half-breeds and Claims of White Settlers in the North-West Territories]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Roger Norbert Alexis] Goulet
[Narcisse] Omer Coté
A Review of the Social Union Framework Agreement and Its Implications on the Métis Nation: A Report Prepared for the Métis National Council
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peggy J. Blair
Bradford W. Morse
Description
Provides background and description of agreement, analysis of major court decisions, information on programs currently delivered by Metis organizations, and identifies areas where greater supports are needed but funding has been inadequate.