"The people who own themselves" recognition of Métis identity in Canada : report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

Canada Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, (author,, issuing body.). Dyck, Lillian E. (Lillian Eva), 1945- (Added Author). White, Vernon, 1959- (Added Author).

Summary: This study concerns the recognition of the Métis as one of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. It does not purport to define who the Métis are as an Aboriginal people. The committee acknowledges that the identity of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples is a matter for peoples themselves to determine. However, the committee is of the view that the issue of Métis identity must be openly discussed and better understood by the federal government and Canadians at large. Such an understanding is necessary in order to establish and maintain appropriate relations between the Métis and the federal government. This study is therefore aimed at initiating a constructive public discussion on the identity of the Métis and their recognition by the federal government for legal and policy purposes.

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Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
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1 electronic text (iii, 84 pages) : ill., digital file.
Publisher: [Ottawa] : Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	New February 2014. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program (Weekly checklist 2013-29) Issued also in French under title: "Le peuple qui s'appartient", reconnaissance de l'identit m̌ťisse au Canada.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Membership -- Order of reference -- Background: Aspects of Métis identity -- Historical Aspects -- Legal Aspects -- Political Aspects -- Cultural Aspects -- What the committee heard: perspectives on Métis identity -- Identity and Definition -- Registration and Statistical Information -- History and Genealogy -- Relations between Canada and the Métis -- Observations and recommendations -- Identity and Definition -- Registration and Statistical Information -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix I: Community profiles: expressions of Métis identity -- Saint Laurent, Manitoba: Culture and Identity -- Cross Lake, Manitoba: Individual and Collective Identities -- Duck Lake and Batoche, Saskatchewan: Historic and Contemporary Communities -- Ile-a-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan: Education and Identity -- Buffalo Lake, Alberta: The Métis Settlements -- Kelowna, British Columbia: Rediscovering Identity -- Northwest Territories: Métis North of 60 -- Appendix II – Witnesses.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Electronic monograph in PDF format.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.