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    Métis land base: the eight Métis settlements, with a population of approximately 5,000 people on 1.25 million acres (5,100 km2) and the newer Metis lands...
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  • shared history and Michif language. Howard Adams, Métis activist, author, and leader Andre Beauchemin, Métis; First Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba...
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    The Métis flag was first used by Métis resistance fighters in Rupert's Land before the 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks. According to only one contemporary account...
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    in hopes that Alberta's Métis would receive land and resource rights. In Alberta, unlike in the rest of Canada, Métis people have certain lands reserved...
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  • local levels. On June 27, 2019, the Métis Nation of Ontario and the Government of Canada signed the MNO-Canada Métis Government Recognition and Self-Government...
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  • Métis French (French: français métis) is one of the traditional languages of the Métis people along with Michif and Bungi, and is the French-dialect source...
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    Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) was a Métis political figure best known for being a prominent leader of the Métis people. Dumont was well known for his movements...
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    The Métis National Council (French: Ralliement national des Métis) is the representative body of the Métis people of northwestern Canada. The MNC represents...
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  • Look up Metis, metis, Métis, or métis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metis or Métis may refer to: Metis, mixed race persons in Gabon and elsewhere...
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    and Métis peoples are not subject to the Indian Act. However, two court cases have clarified that Inuit, Métis, and non-status First Nations people are...
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    passage of the Manitoba Act, the Métis Provisional government was disbanded. There was an assimilation of the Métis people and the European settlers, and...
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    started spelling Métis as "Metis" to acknowledge the presence and contributions of the Anglo-Métis and the complex history of the Métis people overall. The...
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  • The Métis Nation—Saskatchewan (also MN-S or MNS) is a federally-recognized government that represents Métis people in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada...
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    included protections for the region's Métis, these protections were not fully realized and resulted in many Métis leaving the province for the North-West...
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  • children in foster homes in the province. In 1971, the Métis Society in Saskatoon formed a Métis Foster Home Committee, led by Howard Adams, Phyllis Trochie...
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    St. Paul, originally known as St-Paul-de-Métis or St-Paul-des-Métis, is a town in East-Northern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of St...
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  • typographic element of graphic design. For instance, the Métis flag, used by the Canadian Métis people since the early 19th century, is based around this symbol...
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  • and mulâtre and métis in French. These terms are also in certain contexts used in the English-speaking world. In Canada, the Métis are a recognized ethnic...
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  • The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is a registered not-for-profit society in Alberta, Canada, that acts as a representative voice on behalf of Métis people...
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    Louis Riel (category Canadian Métis people)
    Franco-Chipewyan Métis descent, had gained prominence in this community by organizing a group that supported Guillaume Sayer, a Métis arrested and tried...
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    Venus (drag queen) (category Canadian Métis people)
    out of drag. Canada's Drag Race (season 4) (Winner) List of Métis people List of people from Vancouver Photo by Matt Blatz https://www.flickr...
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  • Métis fiddle is the style that the Métis of Canada and Métis in the northern United States have developed to play the violin, solo and in folk ensembles...
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    North American fur trade (category History of Indigenous peoples in Canada)
    who were known as Métis, were an integral part of the fur trade system. The Métis label defined these children as a marginal people with a fluid identity...
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  • Connor Dewar (category Canadian Métis people)
    The Pas, Manitoba, Canada to parents Kim and Jade. Dewar is of Red River Métis descent. Growing up, he skated on a backyard rink built by his father before...
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  • Road allowance communities were settlements established by Métis people in Canada in the late 1800s through most of the 20th century on road allowances...
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  • Michif (category Métis culture)
    word Métis. Some Métis people prefer this word (Michif) to describe their nationality when speaking English and use it for anything related to Métis people...
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    Andrea Menard (category Canadian Métis people)
    born in Flin Flon, Manitoba and based in Saskatchewan. Menard, who is of Métis descent, is best known for her work on the television series Moccasin Flats...
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    Evelyn Frechette (category American Métis people)
    "American Experience | Public Enemy No. 1 | People & Events". PBS. Retrieved January 15, 2017. People & Events: Evelyn "Billie" Frechette, 1907–1969...
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  • to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree...
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