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	Métis people (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Métis (pronounced "MAY tee", IPA: ['mejti], in French [me'tis] or [mɛ'tɪs], in Métis [mɪ'cɪf]) are one of three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
		The encouragement and use of Michif is growing due to outreach within the provincial Metis councils after at least a generation of decline.
		On May 31, 2005, the Government of Canada and the Metis National Council signed a framework agreement to pave the way for self-government for the Metis in the homeland and illustrating a deeper development of the relationship between the Métis and Canada outside of the judicial system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metis_(people) (941 words)

	Turtle Island Productions
		Two Metis Battles of resistance were fought to protect their land rights and to gain such other democratic freedoms as representation parliament, language rights for both French and English, etc. The Manitoba Act was a negotiated response to the demands of Riel's Provisional government and a condition of its dissolution.
		As people of mixed ancestry increased in number and married amongst themselves, they developed a new culture, neither European nor Indian, but a fusion of the two and a new identity as Metis.
		The Province has assured the Metis people directly affected by this legislation that a resolution to their statutory land rights and to a possible entrenchment of Metis Government regimes in the Constitution will not be prejudiced by Alberta's initiative.
	www.turtle-island.com /metis.html (3088 words)

	A Brief History of the Metis People
		I used the term 'Metis' as a generic term to refer to a distinct culture for all those people who are born into it or are adopted into this tradition.
		It is interesting that the first People of Canada identified their neighbors by cultural traits like their clothing, methods of cooking etc. Europeans use religion, skin color, warlike nature, etc. They use these old world attributes and then attempt to assume the First Nation People used the same criteria.
		Metis therefore is a transitory state of mind, a figment of our imagination, a cultural anomaly.
	www.wolflodge.org /visibiliti/metis/history.htm (2282 words)

	CONTEMPORARY ABORIGINAL ISSUES: THE METIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From the earliest Metis who emerged from the unions of Acadian and Mikmaq men and women in the 17th century to the Metis influence on the Manitoba Act in 180, the Metis have struggled against discrimination, indifference and ignorance to achieve recognition as a distinct aboriginal nation.
		Metis political leaders and political organizations since the 1970s have participated in numerous regional and national aboriginal - government conferences to ensure that Metis issues would not be overlooked and to promote and strengthen Metis concerns and aspirations.
		Despite a long history as Canada's "forgotten people", Metis communities and families are reclaiming their colourful and rich past and establishing programs and agendas to prepare for the 21st century.
	www.schoolnet.ca /aboriginal/issues/metis-e.html (820 words)

	AMHS - Culture, Music & Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Metis people lived life to the fullest and one of the events that this included was music and dance.
		The Metis even learnt how to make their own fiddles considering how expensive and hard they were to get back then.
		Metis dance comes from the Scottish and the Irish stepdance but the Metis have made it their own original masterpiece that we call jigging.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /albertametis/culture/musicdance.htm (273 words)

	Telematica Instituut, on top of technology.... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A clever organisation knows what knowledge it wants to have and has employees that have this knowledge and are motivated to share and develop their knowledge.
		Metis is the Greek personification of wisdom and its goddess.
		She is regarded as the first wife of Zeus, whom he swallowed when he discovered that she was pregnant, fearing she might give birth to a son mightier than he.
	www.telin.nl /projecthome.cfm?language=en&id=49 (364 words)

	Otipemsiwak, a short story
		Many people, as a result of their multicultural and racial genetics, suffer still at the hands of the residue of ignorance from our past, and we should be aware that politically sanctioned genocide is not a thing of yesterday, quite yet.
		But truth is that too many of the third world people, (and that includes many of today’s youth) have experienced the system first hand, the contemporary version of civilized European consciousness of the industrialized culture which in actuality represents a mere 10% of the world, that remains rotten to the core.
		We are ordinary People… People with a deep and special courage to live at the sometimes lonely edge of society’s limited thinking.
	www.wolflodge.org /visibiliti/metis/otipemsiwak.htm (9004 words)

	Native Studies 30 - Unit 3
		Metis people in Canada, for the most part were excluded from the treaty process in the mid 19th and 20th centuries.
		The various Metis councils have not succeeded in the area of comprehensive claims, but have been successful in the area of hunting and fishing rights.
		Metis nations of Saskatchewan launched a statement of claim on behalf of the Metis locals of North Western Saskatchewan.
	olc.spsd.sk.ca /DE/native30/unit3/unit3d.html (375 words)

	Metis .... one of Canada's Aboriginal people!
		Although the Canadian Government's contempt of the rights of the Metis Nation were demonstrated in 1870 and 1885 in a manner paralleled by events occurring today in Palestine, Kuwait and South Africa; those rights continue to exist as affirmed and defined by recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions.
		The Metis should be recognized as Canada's Aboriginal people: they are the only nation of Aboriginal people indigenous to the formation of Canada and are the true spirit of Canada and a huge source of Canadian identity.
		The Metis nation was instrumental in the formation of Canada and deserves special recognition for their huge contribution to the evolvement of our wonderful country.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Atrium/4832/metis.html (950 words)

	Who We Are (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is a place for the Metis people to gather and to talk.
		It is a place for Metis people to learn about the fact of being Mixed Blood people.
		People have been trapped behind these borders and taught a language and a "faith".
	www.americanmetis.org /who.html (378 words)

	Civilization.ca - Canada Hall - Metis bison hunters
		intermarriage of Native people and traders, brought significant changes to the economic and social fabric of the land, including the birth of a unique Metis culture on the plains of southern Manitoba.
		One sector of the Metis population depended primarily on the bison hunt for its livelihood.
		The Metis kept some pemmican for themselves, but the bulk of it was sold to fur trade companies, who used it as a staple food for their traders and voyageurs.
	www.civilization.ca /hist/canp1/ca13eng.html (839 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Metis (people) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Metis (people) (French métis, “mixed race”), name given to the ethnic group which emerged in the prairie region and north-west of what is now Canada...
		Metis (astronomy), small moon of the planet Jupiter.
		Metis is the innermost of Jupiter’s known moons.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Metis_(people).html (105 words)

	Native Americans: The Métis People (Michif, Metis Indians, French Cree)
		Metis history is interesting and important, but the Metis are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary artwork as well as archaeology exhibits, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
		Labrador people of mixed Indian, Inuit, and European lineage.
		Overview of the Metis and Non-status Indians of Quebec.
	www.native-languages.org /metis.htm (506 words)

	history of the metis people
		People of Aboriginal origin originally held title and enjoyed the rights of use and possession over the total area of what is now Canada as a sovereign nation.
		Then, as now, Metis communities shared a common outlook shaped by their historical circumstances, what is not documented is the plight of the Eastern Canadian Metis-Indian which led to a genocidal assimilation that has never been equaled in the entire history of the Aboriginal in America.
		And, along with the British attitude that all the Indian peoples were one group, their mortal enemy, which must be eliminated at all costs, they were a hindrance to the continued growth of the Catholic Church.
	offreserve.tripod.com /articles.html (4340 words)

	Remembering a forgotten people - Capital News Online
		There is a misconception that the word "Métis" stands for all people with some aboriginal blood, "a mixed curiosity or a left-over Indian," says Tony Belcourt, president of the Métis Nation of Ontario.
		Métis is a French word often used to describe people who are descendants of northwest fur companies' employees and native women.
		First Nations people and Inuit groups may have had more success than the Métis because of Supreme Court cases that have forced the government to address their rights.
	www.carleton.ca /jmc/cnews/09032001/feature.htm (1120 words)

	Indigenous Bar Association
		The 1982 Constitutional amendment that expressly included the Metis people in the provision that recognized and affirmed the undefined rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada was the focus of intense political debate for a decade.
		Legal analysts and policy makers struggle to find applicable theoretical foundations and practical responses appropriate for their goals as they face the surging census figures that are generated by individual self-declarations of identity that are not tied to personal circumstances or acceptance by the communities or governments.
		The focus of the conference proceedings will be on the historical, social and constitutional foundations of Metis identity and rights; and on the policy and practical dimensions of negotiating and maintaining an appropriate place for the Metis people in the life and public institutions of Canada.
	www.indigenousbar.ca /conferences/saskatchewan_conference_agenda.html (1390 words)

	The Métis and the History of Minnesota -- Tom Bacig -- University of Minnesota Duluth
		She was reared and taught in the French manner" by Madam de la Peltrie and Marie de l'Incarnation at the Ursuline convent in Quebec, so that she "could someday marry a Frenchman." The Jesuits of Canada dowried her for marrying her frenchman, giving 350 livres to the newlyweds.
		All of these materials on the First Nations peoples are drawn from a remarkable web project being done by Lee Sultzman.
		More recently, scholarly works treat all events and people equally, on the false premise that one may write without presuppositions, trying so hard to be fair that they are unfair.
	www.d.umn.edu /~tbacig/mhcpresent/metisprs.html (2727 words)

	Metis Community Services Victoria BC
		Metis people are people of mixed North American Aboriginal and European ancestry.
		Broadly speaking, a Metis person is someone who is of mixed North American Aboriginal and European ancestry, and who self-identifies as Metis.
		Metis Community Services' definition is in the context of child and family services, and community support.
	www.metis.ca /metis.htm (99 words)

	Metis (people) Definition / Metis (people) Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Most of its symbols are taken from the Roman alphabet or derived from it, some are taken from the Greek alphabet, and some are apparently unrelated to any standard alphabet....
		Michif and Mechif are additionally used as the name of the Métis people.
		Metis people is the complete exoneration of Louis Riel.
	www.elresearch.com /Metis_%28people%29 (326 words)

	Metis, Our People, Our Story CD-ROM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Metis is an in-depth examination of the economic, social, and political lives of the Metis people of Canada, with profiles of eight Metis communities and brief biographies of 84 women and men who have influenced Metis culture historically and today.
		Symbols of Metis pride are their flag, their songs, their dances, and the characteristic sash and shawl worn by their forebears.
		Metis people have played many roles and contributed in special ways to Canadian political history.
	www.arnold.ca /products/metis_ig.html (220 words)

	Metis - Heritage Community Foundation
		The Métis people still consider their homeland to be what was known as Rupert's land, which includes most of southern and some of central Alberta.
		The unique background of the Métis people, particularly their knowledge and command of English and, in many cases, several Indian languages, they were a natural choice to serve as interpreters and guides and, therefore an essential part of the history and development of Alberta.
		Also, the French-speaking Métis people were generally known to be religious, generous people who excelled as voyageurs as they were exceptionally skilled canoers and guides.
	www.abheritage.ca /albertans/people/metis.html (830 words)

	Philosophy and culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are people, however, who disagree loudly, saying that the cuts to institutions and processes that Canadians have taken for granted and as describing who they are, how they wish to live in society, and what values they have held, are cuts made primarily for reasons of philosophy.
		People who made philosophy, who thought about the location of ultimate reality were forced up against circumstances that shook their accepted sense of reality.
		The movement of people to the frontiers is the movement of Québécois outward.
	www.ola.bc.ca /online/cf/module-2/phil.html (14099 words)

	Metis People - Agreements Database People
		The Metis people were born from the marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Salteaux and Assininboine women with French and Scottish fur traders, commencing in the mid 1600s.
		Metis self-government involves the establishment of local government on Metis Homeland as well as the right to self-governing institutions away from that base.
		The interests of the Metis people are represented by National Metis Council which comprises representatives from the five Metis provincial organizations: the Metis Provincial Council of British Columbia, the Metis Nation of Alberta, the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, the Manitoba Metis Federation and the Metis Nation of Ontario.
	www.atns.net.au /biogs/A000838b.htm (528 words)

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		Metis is not determined by blood quantum levels.
		Please note that Metis is a French word and Mestizo is Spanish word both have the same meaning.
		At the turn of century there was a lot of racicicm and people hid the fact they were of Indian blood.The United States Government offered Indian people citizenship instead of Reservation land.
	members.tripod.com /~imblackeagle/index-10.html (627 words)

	Michif Language and the Metis People (Mitchif, MÃ©tis Creole, French Cree)
		People: The word "Metis" has two different meanings in Canada: any mixed-blood Indian ("MÃ©tis" just means "mixed" in French,) who have their own Aboriginal status in Canada; or a member of a particular cultural group of mixed ancestry, the descendants primarily of French traders and Cree Indians.
		History: The Metis people live in every province in Canada; not all of them even have the same ancestry, much less the same historical background, so summarizing their history as a group is difficult.
		Upset with the Canadian goverment's violation of their land rights and withholding of food and supplies to coerce compliance, the Metis of Saskatchewan sent for Louis Riel, the Metis hero who had established Manitoba as a province and for his efforts been exiled to the United States.
	www.native-languages.org /michif.htm (590 words)

	Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia - MPCBC - Métis Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1982, the Constitution of Canada was amended to expressly recognize the Métis people as one of Canada’s distinct aboriginal peoples.
		In order to maintain and further develop practical, sustainable governance arrangements for the Métis in BC, arrangements that are built upon legitimacy, authority and accountability, the MPCBC must have the capacity to fulfill its representative and facilitative responsibility and provide for the much needed programs and services for Métis communities.
		In view of the lengthy history of institutional neglect of Métis and non-status Aboriginal people, it is time to place a priority on adequate resources and capacity building for Métis people, their communities and their institutions.
	mpcbc.bc.ca /aboutus/aboutus.html (767 words)

	MHS Links
		The AMA’s mandate is to preserve the heritage of the people and institutions of Manitoba by improving the administration, effectiveness and efficiency of the province’s archival systems.
		It is dedicated to recognizing those people who have made an outstanding contribution to the betterment of agriculture and rural living in the province.
		A group of people who share an interest in the history and preservation of the area around Delta Marsh, one of the largest lake-coast wetlands in Canada, is preparing to write a book.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /info/links.shtml (4736 words)

	U.S. Metis Alliance
		Metis is a French word meaning "mixed-blood," "half-breed" or "mongrel." The term has been used for hundreds of years by persons whose ancestry includes the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Europeans.
		Many of the Metis and Mestizo in the United States have looked to the north at the changes in Canada as that nation takes the needed steps to formally recognize the existance of the Metis in that country.
		If your Metis organization would be interested in participating in this alliance, please contact the webmaster and someone will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
	www.geocities.com /usmetisalliance (379 words)

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