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Are the Métis Treaty People?

Alternate Title
Weweni Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
Speaker argues that negotiations between the Red River Métis and the Canadian government prior to passage of The Manitoba Act constituted treaty-making. Duration: 1:04:03.
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Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material

Alternate Title
Claims and Historical Research Centre ; B.27
Half-Breeds: Primary Source Material
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dennis Madill
Sources include Record Group 10 records relating to Indian Affairs (1872-1950), Sir John A. Macdonald Papers, Alexander Mackenzie Papers, David Laird Papers, Alexander Morris Papers, Edgar Dewdney Papers, and L. Vankoughnet Letterbooks.
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Harry Daniels, Gabriel Daniels, Leah Gardner, Terry Joudrey and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and Her Majesty the Queen, as Represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Attorney General of Canada: Reasons For Judgment

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Federal Court of Canada
Federal court case to decide if non-status Indian and Métis should be identified as "Indians" under the Constitution Act, 1867.
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Louis Riel’s Letter to President Grant, 1875

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Louis Riel
Saskatchewan History, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1968, pp. [67]-75

A draft of a letter (and additional editorial notes) written by Riel to President Ulysses S. Grant of the United Stated seeking his support in the pursuit of Métis rights and sovereignty in Canada. Entire issue on one PDF file, scroll to page 67.

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Métis as Treaty Parties

Alternate Title
Reconciliation and the Métis Conference [Session Four]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
Brenda Gunn
Darren O'Toole
Gaudry discusses the concept of Wicihitowin as used to resolve a 19th century conflict between the Métis and the Dakota. Gunn discusses how international law relates to treaties signed with Indigenous peoples in Canada. O'Toole discusses whether Section 31 of The Manitoba Act constituted a treaty. Duration: 1:52:03.
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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
Argues the agreement that led to the passing of the Manitoba Act in 1870 is a viable treaty according to international law.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Howard Restoule, Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association

Documents & Presentations
File contains a presentation by Howard Restoule of the Southern Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association that responds to a questionnaire sent by the Commission prior to the hearings. The questions involve topics such as acquiring a land base, self-government, the implementation of treaties, the constitutional and legal position of Metis people and off-reserve Aboriginals, the Indian Act and social issues. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the previous five presenters and the Commissioners.
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Treaty Research Report: Treaty No. 10 (1906)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kenneth S. Coates
William R. Morrison
Argues that treaty was concluded after provincial borders were created. Report includes instructions to Crown negotiators, historical context and a section on Métis claims.
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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
States the treaty was cloaked in the symbolism and legality that characterized "negotiations" in the northern, non-agricultural districts.
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The Western Metis after the Insurrection

Alternate Title
The Western Métis after the Insurrection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marcel Giraud
Saskatchewan History, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1956, pp. 1-15

Traces the migration of many Métis to the United States following the Northwest Resistance and their economic marginalization on both sides of the boarder; examines questions of Indian title, treaty-making and the scrip program. Chapter from Métis Settlement in the North-West Territories. Entire issue on one PDF file, scroll to page 1.

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