Anyone who has mixed European and Aboriginal ancestry
What is small 'm' metis?
100
A Metis leader who took great pride in his Metis heritage and was a brilliant orator, also known as "Dynamite"
Who is Malcolm Norris?
100
A narrow focus on political, military and economic leaders in history who proved that their hard work and sheer determination were all that was needed to rise above the ranks
What is the "great man of history" theory?
100
In 1928, this hunting and fishing settlement occupied by many Metis families was opened to agricultural homesteading, and this caused an uproar
What is Fishing Lake Metis Settlement?
200
A unique and identifiable mixed-ancestry population whose origins trace back to the Fur Trade and whose shared history, culture, language, values, attitudes and behavior set them apart as distinct from others
Who are the large 'M' Metis?
200
This well-read strategist was known for his unquestioning acceptance of the Metis people and his love of Marxism
Who is Jim Brady?
200
This historian is recognized as an academic whose work rewrote the history of the Aboriginal contribution to the building of Canada
Who is Olive P. Dickason?
200
This Native schoolteacher from the Keehiwin Reserve, and nephew of Big Bear, advocated on behalf of the Fishing Lake Metis
Who is Joseph Dion?
300
The mostly informal union of a European and Aboriginal man and woman in a community-recognized relationship
What is a "country marriage"?
300
This piece of federal legislation, or policy, became a policy of exclusion for the Metis based on a racial view of the mixed-breed population
What is the Indian Act?
300
Kikino, Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Paddle Prairie
What is the name of some of the Metis settlements in Alberta?
300
The idea that Canada is a country of "much geography and little history"
What is an ethnocentric belief held by many non-Aboriginal historians?
300
This approach was seen by Jim Brady as a way out of relying solely on government support
What are fishery co-ops?
400
The birth of a new "people" which is often consolidated by having others see you as a distinct and separate culture apart from others
What is ethnogenesis?
400
The federal and provincial government's lack of attention to Metis matters, coupled with a widespread lack of knowledge or understanding around Metis people and their historical roles
What is the greatest impediment to Metis rights recognition?
400
They are half-Indian, half-white, and half-devil
What are the One-and-a-Half Men?
400
The involuntary movement of a people out of their homelands
What is a Canadian 'diaspora'?
400
Offers a place where hybridity, or being of mixed-race, can be experienced holistically and celebrated rather than seen as a detriment
What is 'third space' of Metis-ness?
500
A derogatory term for the Metis that was reclaimed in 1972 by Metis author Maria Campbell
Who are the "half-breeds"?
500
The hope of the Canadian government that the Metis "problem" would simply dissolve away through time and through their complete integration into mainstream
What is assimilation?
500
Dobbin's description of the government policy that allowed nomadic Metis and ex-treaty Indians to live as squatters in the northern regions
What is 'benign neglect'?
500
This approach 'flattens the experience' of a people and, more importantly, robs them of their dignity
What is the danger of a single story (as per Adichie, 2009)?
500
In addition to surrounding First Nations leaders, the Metis also faced opposition by this group to the naming of the Metis Trail in NE Calgary
What is the NE Calgary Community Association leaders?