The Métis & Red River

Rebecca H.

This factsheet explores Métis identity and the politics of Métis citizenship, as well as outlines five key historical events that compose understandings of Métis nationhood. The factsheet explores historical moments of politically conscious actions taken by the Métis and highlights the Manitoba Act as a agreed-upon treaty that the Canadian government is still obligated to fulfill.

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References

Andersen, C. (2014). “The Métis People”. ’Métis’: Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood. Vancouver: UBC Press: pp. 108-132. http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook?sid=e506381d-616a-4b7a-8b9f-38bda34cb6dc%40sessionmgr4007&ppid=pp_108&vid=0&format=EB
Gaudry, A. & Leroux, D. (2016). "White Settler Revisionism & Making Métis Everywhere." https://vimeo.com/187758863
Gaudry, A. (2016). “Are the Métis Treaty People?”[YouTube video]. UWinnipeg Lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU8b5QFB53gSitara
Métis National Council. https://www2.metisnation.ca/

Source Authors

Adam Gaudry, Adam Gaudry, Chris Andersen, Darryl Leroux, Métis Nation

Events

Red River Resistance,

Keywords

Appropriation, Broken Promises, Canada's Colonial History, Colonial settlement, History of Resistance, Identity, Indigenous Diplomacy, Indigenous Resistance, Indigenous Sovereignty, Land and Power, Land Defence, Land Dispossession, Metis, Métis History, nationhood, Racialization, Settler Colonialism, Settler Fantasy, Settler-Indigenous Relations, Stories and Power, Treaties, Treaty History

Key Figures

Louis Riel, Métis, Pierre Sayer, Sioux, Sir Garnet Wolseley

Locations

British North America, Canada, Manitoba, Quebec, Red River

Themes

Activism, History