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The Métis (/ m ɛ ˈ t iː (s)/ meh-TEE(SS), French:, Canadian French: [meˈt͡sɪs], [citation needed] Michif: [mɪˈt͡ʃɪf]) are a mixed-race Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States.
Nunatuĸavut or NunatuKavut means "Our Ancient Land" in the traditional Inuttitut dialect of central and southern Labrador.The NunatuKavummiut (literally "the People of Our Ancient Land") have also been known as the South-central Labrador Inuit, Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut, Southern Labrador Inuit, Labrador Inuit-Métis and Labrador Métis.
Thomas McKay, was a Metis farmer and political figure who was the first mayor of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; John Norquay, Métis politician, Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887; Malcolm Norris, Métis politician, activist, and leader. Norris was a founder and the first vice-president of the first Alberta Métis organization (1932) called ...
The Métis Nation developed its own group identity, language , culture, way of life, and forms of self-government throughout the inter-related communities and territory of their homeland. The Métis Nation Homeland spans present day Manitoba , Saskatchewan , and Alberta , and extends into Ontario , British Columbia , the Northwest Territories ...
On the whole, the Métis cultures and communities survived with farming, ranching, fishing, and industry replacing their traditional economy of fur trading as the main economic activity in the Parkland Belt, though trapping and hunting have remained very important in the Rocky Mountain and boreal forest regions. More urban Métis who live in ...
Metis or Métis, meaning "mixed" in French, may refer to: Ethnic groups. Métis, recognized Indigenous communities in Canada and the United States whose distinct ...
Judy Iseke, an Albertan Metis scholar, argues that “language shift towards English and other colonial languages in Indigenous communities was not a ‘natural’ process but rather was a shift towards the decline of Indigenous languages, propelled by colonial schooling designed to ‘civilize’ Indigenous children and turn them into citizens ...
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