LibGuides: Indigenous Law / Indigenous Legal Traditions: Métis Legal Orders

Selected Resources on Métis Legal Orders

The struggle for recognition : Canadian justice system and the Metis nation by Samuel W. Corrigan and Lawrence J. Barkwell, eds
Call Number: KIB122 S77 1991
Publication Date: 1991
Bead by bead : Constitutional rights and Métis community by Yvonne Boyer and Larry Chartrand (editors)
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2021
From new peoples to new nations : aspects of Métis history and identity from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries by Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk
Call Number: McPherson E99 M47E57 2016
ISBN: 9781442649781
Publication Date: 2016
The long journey of a forgotten people : Métis identities and family histories by Ute Lischke and David T. McNab (editors)
Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9780889205239
Publication Date: 2007
Métis-Crown relations : rights, identity, jurisdiction and governance by Frederica Wilson & Melanie Mallet (editors)
Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9781552211588
Publication Date: 2008
Métis in Canada : history, identity, law & politics by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl & Ian Peach (editors)
- This link opens in a new window
Call Number: FC109 M492 2013
ISBN: 9780888646408
Publication Date: 2013
Available as an ebook - click the blue book icon.
Metis land rights in Alberta : a political history by Metis Association of Alberta and Joe Sawchuk, Patricia Sawchuk, Theresa Ferguson.
Call Number: FC126 A45S38
Publication Date: 1981
Métis rights by Thomas Isaac
Call Number: E99 M47 I83
Publication Date: 2008
Métis treaties in Canada : past realities and present promise by Larry Chartrand
Call Number: KID8600.5 C43 2020
Publication Date: 2020

Selected Narratives

Grandmothers of the Métis Nation: A Living History with Dorothy Chartrand
Judy Iseke-Barnes, (2008) 18:2 Native Studies Review.

Stories of the road allowance people by Maria Campbell
Call Number: 398.2 C287
ISBN: 091944153X
Publication Date: 1995
Riel's people : how the Métis lived by Maria Campbell
Call Number: 970.4 C165
Publication Date: 1978
The diamond willow walking stick : a traditional Métis story about generosity = Li kaan di sool : aen nistwayr di Michif li taan kayaash taanishi aen ishi maykihk by story and illustrations by Leah Dorion ; Michif translation by Norman Fleury.
Call Number: 398.2 D675
ISBN: 9781926795096
Publication Date: 2012
The giving tree: a retelling of a traditional Métis story = Laarbr Kawmaekit: Aen kiitwam achimook Aen histwayr chi maykik pi aen ootistikook by written and illustrated by Leah Dorion ; Michif translation by Norman Fleury.
Call Number: 398.2 D6754 2009
ISBN: 9780920915905
Publication Date: 2009
The Metis : our people, our story (CD) by [jointly produced by] Gabriel Dumont Institute, Arnold Multimedia, Department of Canadian Heritage.
Call Number: E99 M47M48
Publication Date: 2000
Metis legacy (volume II) : Michif culture, heritage, and folkways by Lawrence J. Barkwell, Leah M. Dorion, Audreen Hourie (editors)
Call Number: FC109 M494
Publication Date: 2006
Past reflects the present : the Metis Elders' Conference by Fred J. Shore and Lawrence J. Barkwell (editors)
Call Number: FC113 M485 1997
Publication Date: 1997
Women of the Metis nation by Lawrence J. Barkwell (editor)
Call Number: FC109.1 A1W64 2009
Publication Date: 2009

Oral histories and traditional stories collection
from the Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture.

Websites

Métis Nation Historical Online Database
This database allows users to access Métis related archival materials. The Database allows users to access Métis related archival information, previously only available at Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa) or on microfilm.
Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
Maintained by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of native Studies and Applied Research. This website contains more than 11,000 documents, including oral histories, essays, learning resources, photographs, videos, and audio.