Since there are very few published books which address the legal status and Aboriginal rights of Métis outside the prairie provinces, this section will provide the titles of books which, although they deal primarily with the Métis of the prairies, contain information or decribe events which parallel or are significant for all Métis everywhere. Titles specific to the Other Métis are now presented in a separate section. Some books cleary straddle the border between Western and Other Métis and the will be included in both sections.

Most books on Aboriginal rights only deal with Métis rights as a subset of Indian and/or Inuit rights. Most of the materials which do address specific Métis rights are either academic papers or position papers developed by Aboriginal organizations which, due to lack of resources, are not readily available to the public.

If people cannot readily access this data, they should at least be aware that it exists. Accordingly, in addition to readily available published materials, this list will include references to documents generated by Aboriginal organizations and by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

It should be noted that the Native Council Canada has changed its name to the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples.

Access to Survival: A Perspective on Aboriginal Self-Government for the Constitutency of the Native Council of Canada, Martin Dunn, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University, Kingston, 1986.

Bobbi Lee:Indian Rebel., Lee Maracle, Woman's Press

Brothers in Arms Jordan Wheeler, Pemmican Books

Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885, D. N. Sprague, Willfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, 1988.

The Custom of the Country, An Examination of Fur Trade Marriage Practices, Sylvia Van Kirk, Canadian Historical Association, University of Toronto, 1974.

Cuthbert Grant of Grantown, MacLeod, M. and Morton, W.L. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto 1974.

A Declaration of Metis and Indian Rights, with Commentary by Harry W. Daniels, Native Council of Canada, 1979.

The Denes of the Mackenzie and the Political Legitimacy of Canada, Morisset. Jean, in The Other Natives, The MÈtis, Vol. 3, (Eds) Lussier, Antoine S., and Sealey, D., Bruce, Manitoba MÈtis Federation Press, 1980.

The Development of Political Organizations, (Metis and non-Status Indians), Chapter 11 in The Metis, Canada's Forgotten People, D. Bruce Sealey, Antoine S. Lussier, Manitoba Metis Federation Press, 1975.

Ethnicity and the Concept of Metiness, D. Bruce Sealey, in The Other Natives. The Metis, Antoine S. Lussier, D. Bruce Sealey, Manitoba Metis Federation Press, 1980.

The First Metis... A New Nation, Dr. Anne Anderson, Uvisco Press, Edmonton, Alberta, 1985.

In Search of April Raintree. Beatrice Culleton Pemmican Books.

In Search of Your Roots, A guide for Canadians Seeking their Ancestors, Angus Baxter, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1978.

Louis Riel, the Collected Writing of, 5 Volumes, eds Raymond Heul Ph.D., George F.G. Stanley, D. Litt., The University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, Alberta, 1985.

Many Tender Ties, Women in Fur-Trade Society, 1670-1870, Sylvia Van Kirk, Watson & Dwyer Publishing Ltd., 1980.

The Metis and 91(24): Is Inclusion the Issue?, A Research Paper Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Don McMahon and Fred Martin, 1993.

Metis: Peoples and Nations, NCC Constitutional Review Commission Working Paper #3, Native Council of Canada, 1992.

The Metis: The People and the Term, J. E. Foster, University of Alberta, October, 1978.

The Native Link, Tracing One's Roots to the Fur Trade, R. Leslie Taylor, Pencrest Publications, Victoria BC, 1984.

The One-and-a-Half Men, The Story of Jim Brady & Malcolm Norris, Metis Patriots of the 20th Century, New Star Books Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., 1981.

One Plus One Equals One, Sealey, D. Bruce, in The Other Natives, The MÈtis, Vol. 1, 1700-1885, (Eds) Lussier, Antoine S., and Sealey, D., Bruce, Manitoba MÈtis Federation Press, 1978.

The Present Day Metis, Chapter 12 in The Metis, Canada's Forgotten People, D. Bruce Sealey, Antoine S. Lussier, Manitoba Metis Federation Press, 1975.

Prior Claims: Aboriginal People in the Constitution of Canada, Douglas Sanders, in Canada and the New Constitution, The Unfinished Agenda, Vol. 1, Stanley M. Beck and Ivan Bernier, The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1983.

Prison of Grass: Canada From a Native Viewpoint. Howard Adams, Fifth House

The Queen v. Louis Riel, Canada's Greatest State Trial, ed Michael Bliss, University of Toronto Press, 1974.
(Metis)

Ravensong. Lee Maracle, Press Gang Publications

Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ministry of supply anbd Services Canada, Ottawa, 1998.

Seaching for Your Ancestors in Canada, Eunice Ruiter Baker, Heritage House Publishers, Ottawa, 1974.

Select Annotated Bibliography on Metis History and Claims, D. Madill, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Research Branch, Corporate Policy, 1983.

Spirit of the White Bison. Beatrice Culleton Pemmican Books.

Strange Empire, Louis Riel and the Metis People, Howard, Joseph., James Lewis and Samuel, Toronto: 1974.

Strangers in Blood, Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country, Jennifer S. H. Brown, University of British Columbia Press, 1980.

The Struggle for Recognition, Canadian Justice and the Metis Nation, Samuel W. Corrigan and Lawrence J. Blackwell, eds. the Manitoba Metis Federation, Pemmican Publications Inc., 1991..

Tapping the Gift: Manitoba's First People. A collection of biographies of native and Metis individuals. Pemmican Publications

We Are Metis, A Metis Perspective of the Evolution of an Indigenous Canadian People, Redbird, D., A Thesis for Master of Interdisciplinary studies, The Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University, 1978.

We Are the New Nation, The Metis and National Native Policy, Harry W. Daniels, Native Council of Canada, 1979.

Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? Bernelda Wheeler Illustrated by Herman Bekkering, Pemmican Publications

Women and the Fur Trade, Sylvia Van Kirk, The Beaver, Winter, 1972.
 

I am not sure how accessible the papers on Métis collected and/or commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples are, but some are listed here in hopes that some people will be interested enough to call them and find out.

All My Relations, Discussion Paper for the Metis Circle of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Martin F. Dunn, 1994. (Text now included on this site)

Do the Métis Fall Within Section 91(24 of the Constitution Act, 1867 and if so, What are the Ramifications in 1993?, Morse, Bradford W.,and Giokas, John, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1993.

The Métis and 91(24): Is Inclusion the Issue? A Research Paper prepared fopr the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Don McMahon and Fred Martin, November 1993.

Identification Process for Indigenous Peoples in Selected Countries and Options for the Registration of Métis Peoples in Canada, The Coopers & Lybrand Consulting Group, October 1993.
 

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