Bradley 🇹🇩1d ago
“Riel A Life Of Revolution” by Maggie Siggins.
I just finished this one yesterday. A very interesting look into the life of #Metis leader Louis Riel leading up to his execution at the hands of the Canadian government. #bookstodon #books #CanadianHistory #history #Indigenous #Canada
Youth Mental Health Canada3d ago

Two-Spirits are cherished. Two-Spirits are valued. Two-Spirits are treasured.

By Neebinnaukzhik Southall

#indigenous #indigenousyouth #indigenouswellbeing #firstnations #metis #inuit #intersectional #equity #mentalhealth #ymhc

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇹🇩Mar 10

Battle of Duck Lake – First Clash (Mar 26, 1885)

On March 26, 1885, the MĂ©tis militia under Gabriel Dumont ambushed North-West Mounted Police and volunteers at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. The MĂ©tis won, inflicting 12 deaths and marking the start of open conflict in the North-West Rebellion. 🇹🇩 #NorthWestRebellion #MĂ©tis #DuckLake #Canada #Colonization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Duck_Lake

Windspeaker.comMar 3

“I anticipate that [lieutenant governor] will have a good deal of trouble, and it will require considerable management to keep those wild people quiet.” –—Prime Minister John A. MacDonald (1869, at commencement of negotiations with Louis Riel)

#Indigenous #MĂ©tis #books #history #Saskatchewan

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/author-roots-novel-dark-times-when-some-metis-hid-identity-pass-white

Author roots novel in the dark times when some MĂ©tis hid identity to pass as white

MĂ©tis author Tara Gereaux dedicates her new novel Wild People Quiet to her late grandfather. It's a fitting dedication as main character Florence Banks mirrors the actions of grandfather Clarence: They both hid their MĂ©tis identity. â€œI really wanted to write this book to understand the circumstances that my grandfather was living in when he was a young man,” said Gereaux. “I don't know exactly when he might have made that decision to live as a white man, but I imagine it was probably when he was just a young man starting out on his own.”

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James M Branum - Ś™ŚąŚ§Ś‘ ŚžŚȘŚȘŚ™Ś”Ś• ☟Mar 2

https://jmb.mx/blog/2026/03/02/looking-for-james-mast/

I’m making this post because I don’t what else to do.

I’m looking for James Mast, a son of Moses Mast (my dear friend and mentor who recently passed away). If you are James or you know how to get in touch with him, please contact me (jmb.mx/contact) , as I want to make sure James can attend the memorial service (even if it has to be remote) but also for some other important issues.

FYI, James was last known to be in Cornwall, Ontario (see https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sixties-scoop-immigration-1.7541323 ) , but I haven’t had any luck tracking him down.

#Canada #Cree #Metis #Oklahoma #Ontario #SixtiesScoop #Indigenous #Mennonite

Looking for James Mast – JMB.mx

Rachel W.Feb 26

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rare-century-old-artifact-repatriated-from-vatican-unveiled-by-metis-leaders-9.7106614

#metis #repatriation #manitoba #vatican #cbcnews #cbc #canada #artifact #cbccanada

Rare century-old artifact repatriated from Vatican unveiled by MĂ©tis leaders | CBC News

MĂ©tis leaders on Wednesday unveiled a model dog sled repatriated to their communities after more than a century in the Vatican collection.

CBC
Rachel W.Feb 26

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/feds-put-1-5b-towards-jordans-principle-program/

Let's hope they've improved the service delivery. I also think #nonstatus and #metis should be included.

#jordansprinciple #firstnations #indigenous #aptn_ca #aptn #canpoli #canada #jordanriveranderson

Feds put $1.5B towards Jordan’s Principle program

The federal government says it’s putting $1.55 billion towards the Jordan’s Principle program that will

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❄SnowyInđŸ‡šđŸ‡Šâ„ïžFeb 26

🇹🇩 Relocated bison herd aims to bring food security to MĂ©tis in northern Alberta

Ranch is the start of a large-scale agricultural shift for the Willow Lake MĂ©tis Nation

#Canada #Alberta #Metis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/northern-alberta-wood-bison-9.7104110

Relocated bison herd aims to bring food security to MĂ©tis in northern Alberta | CBC News

Leaders of the Willow Lake MĂ©tis Nation located south of Fort McMurray, Alta., say the return of a wood bison herd to their traditional territory is a victory for food sustainability.

CBC
NinaFeb 21

Wondering if any First Nations or MĂ©tis folks could answer a vocab question for me. I'm reading this article by a MĂ©tis genealogist and his Cree-MĂ©tis daughter talking about his experiences doing genealogy and archival research, and they use a term I haven't encountered before and that I can't find results for when I do a web search: "maskihkĂźyiskwĂȘw" (They use it in this sentence: "She was a maskihkĂźyiskwĂȘw and a midwife.")

Does anybody know what it means? There isn't any additional context and I'm curious now!

https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/kula/2021-v5-n1-kula06185/1079228ar/

(boosts welcome!)

#MĂ©tis #Cree #FirstNations #Indigenous #Canada

Talking with My Daughter About Archives: MĂ©tis Researchers and Genealogy – KULA

An article from KULA, on Érudit.

Érudit
Windspeaker.comFeb 20

“A lot of guys before us, they had nobody. They had to do it alone. If you’re doing this at 14, 15 
 you’ve got to figure it out. You’ve got to grow up fast.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #MĂ©tis #sports #hockey #college #China #ACAC

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/sports/voyageurs-down-wire-playoff-push-lean-indigenous-talent

Voyageurs in down-to-the-wire playoff push lean on Indigenous talent

When Portage College men’s hockey assistant coach Pierre Sparklingeyes looks back on the Voyageurs’ January exhibition series against the Chinese national men’s team, he doesn’t remember the ceremony of the event. He remembers the pace of the games and what they demanded from a roster drawn largely from northern and rural communities, including Indigenous student-athletes.

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