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    The Métis (/mɛˈtiː(s)/ meh-TEE(SS), French: [metis], Canadian French: [meˈt͡sɪs],[citation needed] Michif: [mɪˈt͡ʃɪf]) are an Indigenous people whose...
    126 KB (14,753 words) - 17:21, 5 November 2024
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    Alberta's Métis people are descendants of mixed First Nations/Indigenous peoples and White/European families. The Métis are considered an aboriginal group...
    29 KB (3,021 words) - 19:25, 12 February 2024
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    Louis Riel (category Canadian Métis people)
    politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada...
    75 KB (8,320 words) - 20:11, 4 November 2024
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    within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, representing roughly 5.0% of the total Canadian population. There are over...
    155 KB (13,272 words) - 23:06, 3 November 2024
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    Red River Rebellion (category Métis in Canada)
    events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Colony, in the early...
    38 KB (4,314 words) - 03:48, 31 October 2024
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    North-West Rebellion (category Métis in Canada)
    known as the North-West Resistance, was an armed resistance movement by the Métis under Louis Riel and an associated uprising by Cree and Assiniboine of the...
    93 KB (8,931 words) - 03:35, 3 November 2024
  • Métis Nation—Saskatchewan (MN-S or MNS) is a federally-recognized government that represents Métis people in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is...
    45 KB (5,294 words) - 18:15, 3 November 2024
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    used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of...
    147 KB (16,018 words) - 01:20, 28 October 2024
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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...
    17 KB (1,504 words) - 20:35, 2 September 2024
  • 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...
    13 KB (1,507 words) - 20:30, 11 October 2024
  • various Métis organizations and Canada. These have been negotiated as recently as 2019, for instance, by the Métis Nation of Ontario, the Métis Nation—Saskatchewan...
    14 KB (1,751 words) - 10:03, 23 October 2024
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    Michif (category Métis culture)
    Michif-Cree, Métif, Métchif, French Cree) is one of the languages of the Métis people of Canada and the United States, who are the descendants of First...
    46 KB (4,487 words) - 15:10, 20 October 2024
  • 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...
    11 KB (789 words) - 14:55, 22 October 2024
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    was that the Métis people were not familiar with the enforcement of laws, and the concept of deeds and money - this resulted in many Métis people being...
    26 KB (3,517 words) - 06:10, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Peavine Metis Settlement
    Peavine Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is located on Highway 750 to the northeast of High...
    6 KB (318 words) - 19:29, 20 September 2023
  • organization that represents Aboriginal peoples (Non-Status and Status Indians, Métis, and Southern Inuit) who live off Indian reserves in either urban or rural...
    9 KB (1,038 words) - 03:35, 3 September 2024
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    Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Smoky Lake County. It is located along Highway 855, approximately...
    6 KB (328 words) - 19:29, 20 September 2023
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    East Prairie Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) south...
    7 KB (382 words) - 19:28, 20 September 2023
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    William Kennedy (explorer) (category Canadian Métis people)
    surgeon and barrister in the British parliament, also a former HBC employee, Métis, and staunch critic of the company. Utilizing his access he was able to...
    10 KB (1,303 words) - 02:56, 23 January 2023
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    stock-raising, as the means by which the Métis could be made into "self-supporting citizens". Farm colonies, in which the Métis themselves would provide most of...
    10 KB (783 words) - 10:39, 13 March 2024
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