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	Michif language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michif (also Mitchif, Mechif, Michif-Cree, Métif, Métchif) is the language of the Métis people of Canada and the northern United States, who are the descendants of First Nations women (mainly Cree, Nakota and Ojibwe) and fur trade workers of European ancestry (mainly French Canadians).
		In general, Michif noun phrase phonology, lexicon, morphology, and syntax are derived from Canadian French, while verb phrase phonology, lexicon, morphology, and syntax are from a southern variety of Plains Cree.
		The Michif language is unusual (and possibly even unique) among contact languages, in that, rather than choosing to simplify its grammar, it chose the most complex and demanding elements of the chief languages that went into it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michif (397 words)

	Michif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Michif is a term used to describe the speech of a number of MÉTIS communities in western Canada and the northern US.
		It is one outgrowth of long contact between Cree and Ojibwa speakers and francophones, and recent research has linked it especially to the Métis buffalo hunts and winter camp settlements on the northern plains.
		Michif persistence, however, is one indicator of the temporal depth and historical distinctiveness of Métis cultural traditions.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005270 (189 words)

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		Michif is the language spoken exclusively by Métis, who are the descendants of French fur traders and Indian women dating back to days of the Red-River Settlement in Manitoba.
		The Michif language is a combination of French nouns and Cree verbs and is spoken by Metis in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Colombia, and Ontario and in the South Slave region of the Northwest Territories.
		In an effort to preserve, protect and teach the Michif language, the Métis Nation of Alberta is involved in a number of Michif projects throughout the province.
	www.metis.org /MNA-Culture-Michif.aspx (201 words)

	Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		One hundred of the last living speakers of the Michif language will gather next Saturday and Sunday at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Winnipeg to debate the future of their mother tongue.
		They will be joined by curious linguists who are fascinated by the Michif language, which, like the Metis, is a product of the marriages between European voyageurs and aboriginal women in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Michif is considered a linguistic oddity because it shares grammar and vocabulary equally from two different linguistic groups -- the verbs are Cree (Algonquin language) and the nouns are French (Indo-European language).
	www.mmf.mb.ca /coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EpZVEVEyZVELPyyWGf (486 words)

	Michif
		It is hypothesized that the Métis created the language Michif as a way to symbolize their identity as their own, independent of either the French or the Cree (Bakker, 1997, p.4).
		Michif draws on Cree word order in the simple clause, meaning that there is no word order.
		It is known that may Métis who speak Michif don't use the language often because they are rarely in contact with others who speak Michif.
	www.unh.edu /linguistics/courses/790CS/final.papers/Michif.htm (1369 words)

	Michif language
		Michif is the indigenous language of the Métis people of Canada.
		Michif (also spelled Mechif) emerged over two hundred years ago as a pidgin language, combining Cree and French, with some additional borrowing from English and First Nation languages such as Ojibway and Assiniboine[?].
		In general, Michif-Cree nouns (and their associated grammar) are French, while verbs (and their associated grammar) are Cree.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Michif.html (80 words)

	Michif Language and the Metis People (Mitchif, Métis Creole, French Cree)
		It's likely that Michif originated, not as a pidgin between Crees and Frenchmen trying to communicate with each other, but as a badge of identity and occasionally-necessary secret code among Metis raised in both languages (similar to Yiddish in Europe).
		Children are no longer learning Michif, leading linguists to class the language as "moribund" (headed for extinction), but there have been efforts to revive its use as a cultural language in some Metis communities.
		Remembrance of the Michif language by a Metis man who spoke it as a child.
	www.native-languages.org /michif.htm (604 words)

	Sarah Efron - Journalist
		They will be joined by some curious linguists who are fascinated by the Michif language—which like the Metis, is a product of the marriages between European voyageurs and aboriginal women in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Michif is considered a linguistic oddity because it shares grammar and vocabulary equally from two different linguistic groups-the verbs are Cree (Algonquin language) and the nouns are French (Indo-European language).
		He wrote a Michif dictionary and organized classes at a community college in Brandon and at a Metis resource center near Deloraine.
	www.sarahefron.com /stories/michiffreeps.shtml (471 words)

	CM Magazine: Li saennchur fleshii di Michif: Thomas and the Metis Sash. (Michif Children's Series).
		Michif, the language of the Metis people, began as a trade language some three centuries ago and largely combines Cree and Canadian French with some borrowing from English and other First Nations languages like Ojibwe.
		The books in the "Michif Children's Series" are one attempt to keep the language alive by presenting it to pre- and early schoolers in a written form.
		Li Saennchur Fleshii di Michif or Thomas and the Metis Sash is the third collaboration among this trio of author, illustrator and translator.
	www.umanitoba.ca /outreach/cm/vol11/no18/thomasandthemetissash.html (648 words)

	MichifSpeakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Michif language must be preserved as a part of our cultural heritage.
		Michif is a heritage language developed by the Métis during the early days of the birth of the Métis Nation.
		A Michif dialect using Saulteaux is also common to the Métis.
	www.gdins.org /MichifSpeakers.shtml (146 words)

	Site Visit - Michif Languages Program - Manitoba Métis Federation, Winnipeg
		Michif is unique to the Métis Nation and the language is partly endangered by the increasing use of French and other Aboriginal languages among Métis.
		Its annual allotment within the Michif envelope, however, was determined by the Board of Governors of the Métis National Council at the introduction of the program, for its duration.
		Michif is studied abroad by one of the world's experts in Michif, Peter Bakker, who is based at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/em-cr/eval/2003/2003_01/17_e.cfm (2290 words)

	Michif & Metis Cultural Site - About the Project
		This project is designed to enhance student understanding and knowledge of their Metis language (Michif) and culture.
		The project is part of a much larger endeavour encompassing the development of an integrated Metis language and culture program from Headstart (pre-school) through grade nine in Rossignol School.
		The focus of the project is the Michif language and Metis culture and how it pertains to all of Saskatchewan's Evergreen Curriculum.
	michif.dev.kcdc.ca /about.html (532 words)

	Michif Language Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Through these ten Michif Language Lessons the Metis Resource Centre will attempt to provide basic conversational language lessons for those who want to have an interactive experience of the spoken and written language.
		I am very concerned that the oral language of Michif from our area will become extinct before it is in written form.
		All of who have influenced the Michif language of French, Plains Cree and Ojibwe that I speak.
	www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca /language (225 words)

	Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia - MPCBC - Métis Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richmond, BC - March 3, 2004 -"The Métis Nation is committed to supporting and strengthening the Michif language to ensure it remains in its rightful place at the centre of our culture," said Harley Desjarlais, President of the Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia.
		Bruce Dumont, is a member of the Métis National Council's Michif Working Group and one of the conference organizers.
		The Michif language is a part of our distinct cultural heritage and everyone who works in preserving and passing on the language deserves our utmost support."
	www.mpcbc.bc.ca /postpowley/pp_michif.html (262 words)

	Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release
		New Haven, Conn. -- Recording the last epic singer in Western Siberia, teaching a Michif native of Manitoba to speak the Michif language and rescuing two languages of Kenya are among the 10 projects that will receive support this year from the Endangered Language Fund (ELF) of Yale University.
		Dedicated to the scientific study of languages at risk of extinction, and supporting native efforts to maintain and disseminate them, ELF is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the linguistics department of Yale University.
		Michif is a mixed language from Cree and French.
	www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/03-12-15-02.all.html (771 words)

	Michif & Metis Cultural Site
		A Michif dialect using Saulteaux (an Algonkian language) is also common to the Métis, who live on the Plains.
		In the 1900's the residential schools, hospitals, and churches in the north were run by French nuns and priest, thereby reinforcing French nouns into the Metis vocabulary.
		Today in northern Saskatchewan, Michif and English are the predominate languages spoken in a number of communities - I'le a la Crosse, Buffalo Narrows, Beauval, Pinehouse, and Greenlake.
	www.saskschools.ca /curr_content/creelang (295 words)

	Site Visit - Métis Nation - Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
		The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan's Michif Languages Project is the provincial component of the national Michif Revitalization Strategy (MRS).
		It is "the education arm of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan," overseen by an independent board with regional representation across the province.
		It is difficult to assess the effects and impacts of ALI funding in Saskatchewan due to the limited scope of the study in this province.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/em-cr/eval/2003/2003_01/18_e.cfm (1082 words)

	MNC :: Métis Cabinet :: Culture & Heritage
		The national Michif Working Group has developed a ten-year Michif Language Strategy to coincide with the ALCC initiative and to guide the work of the Métis Nation in the promotion and retention of the Michif language in the years ahead.
		The Michif Languages Working Group is a key element of the Aboriginal languages strategy of the Métis Nation, as well as the important work of the international Michif conferences held each year hosted by one of the Métis National Council Governing Members, funded through specific contributions by Canadian Heritage.
		The Michif Language Working Group has identified a ten-year strategy as part of the implementation of their mandate to set language priorities, share best practices and guide the coordination and expenditure of fiscal resources in increasing the use of Michif language across the homeland.
	www.metisnation.ca /cabinet/culture.html (886 words)

	CM Magazine: Li Minoush. (Michif Children's Series).
		Thomas' mother explains how unique their language is (a blend of French and Cree) and that it is in danger of becoming extinct.
		Li Minoush is culturally significant as Michif is an oral language not often seen in written form.
		As a reader, it is interesting to see the English and Michif wording side by side and to search for any similar words.
	www.umanitoba.ca /outreach/cm/vol8/no21/liminoush.html (455 words)

	http://www.radio.cbc.ca/insite////////
		Michif mixes Cree and French, taking the hardest parts of each language.
		And we'll talk with a Métis elder who is working on a Michif dictionary.
		We'll also visit a classroom in southwestern Manitoba, where the province's first formal Michif lessons are taking place.
	www.cbc.ca /insite/CEST_LA_VIE_MONTREAL/2000/6/9.html (106 words)

	www.tbsource.com Thunder Bay's Source Local News 2006
		Web Posted: 3/24/2006 4:20:32 PM There are fewer than 1,000 speakers of Michif in the world, and many of them are dying faster than their words can be recorded.
		Métis people across Canada have been struggling to protect their Michif language for years, and as the sun sets on the federal government’s multi-million dollar Aboriginal Languages Initiative, the pressure was on to move faster.
		Michif is a blend of French and Cree, with many regional dialects remaining different from one another.
	www.tbsource.com /Localnews/index.asp?cid=81531 (790 words)

	Michif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Michif Historical and cultural Preservation Society proudly hosts the only Michif Museum in the Province of British Columbia that is solely dedicated to the preservation of the Michif culture and traditions.
		Michif Historical and Cultural Preservation Society is a non-profit society registered with the Registrar of Companies in Victoria, BC Th
		Michif Historical and Cultural Preservation Society can provide a Receipt for the Purposes of Income Tax, if the donation meets the minimum requirements as defined by Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /michif/michif.htm (209 words)

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