Pathfinder for First Nations & Métis in the 1800’s (Pathfinders feature online resources combined with McMath library resources)         ONLINE RESOURCES Virtual museum of Métis history and culture http://www.metismuseum.ca/exhibits/resources/ Comprehensive web content of Métis history; including archival photos, oral histories and videos of Métis music and dance.  Topics include: Bison Hunting; Land Tenure System, Prince Albert;  Educational Life; Family Life; Farmers; Food and Diet; Identity; Seasonal Cycles; Spiritualism; Trappers and Hide Working; Mud Housing; River Lot; The Buffalo Hunt; The Hudson’s Bay Company Trading System; The Métis Wage Labour Economy; Township System; Traditional Métis Housing and Shelter; Traditional Métis Medicines and Remedies; Traditional Métis Transportation. Métis Culture and Heritage Resource Centre http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/history/ Features primary source documents such as letters, journals and the Manitoba List of Rights.  Includes historic maps and many articles on Métis seasonal life. MetisNet, A Handbook of Metis Facts http://www.saskschools.ca/~mandelassash/newsite/metisfacts/metisfactsr.html This is the “R” section of the handbook, but links to all other sections. Historic Treaty Information Site http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/site/maindex_e.html Provides the transcribed text of all the numbered treaties. Includes guides, images, timelines, maps and additional resources. Aboriginals: Treaties & Relations  (Canada in the Making) http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/aboriginals/aboriginals7_e.html Features a variety of primary source documents (text, letters, etc.) plus maps of the time period. Treaty 8, 1899 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/treaty8/index-e.html Primary source documents and images. Office of the Treaty Commissioner: Frequently Asked Questions http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/social/law30/unit01/01_05_sh.html Answers to FAQs on the treaties, with a focus on Saskatchewan. Indians Treaties  (The Canadian Encycldopedia) http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003983 Features the entire history of aboriginal treaties in Canada, including the numbered treaties in the post Confederation time period. 1871 Native Treaties on the Plains http://collections.ic.gc.ca/nativepeoples/trea.html Information on the importance of solving land claims on the prairies in order to build the railway. Treaty Evolution http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firstnations/treaty.html Information on the reasons for the treaties, their terms, and reactions to the treaties.         BOOKS IN McMATH LIBRARY 971.05 CAM              Riel's people : how the Métis lived  971.004 CAN             Canada's native peoples 971.05 DUM              Gabriel Dumont speaks 971.05 FLA              Rebellion in the Northwest : Louis Riel and the Métis people   971.05 WOO              Gabriel Dumont 971.05 WOO              Gabriel Dumont : the Métis chief and his lost world                        VERTICAL FILE RESOURCES IN McMATH LIBRARY VF 970.004      Indians of North America         VF 971          Canada - History VF 971.004      Indians of Canada VF 971.054    Metis The following booklets provide many illustrations, information, and primary source documents.         The Buffalo Hunt         The Skirmish at Seven Oaks         Gabriel Dumont         Red River Insurgence, 1869-70 VF 971.054  Métis Development and the Canadian West is a series of five booklets which examine the development of Métis culture and the role of the Métis in western Canada.  Each booklet includes illustrations and maps.  Book 1: Contrasting worlds is an overview of the Canadian West from the 1600’s to the early 1870’s when many of the Métis moved from the Red River area to Saskatchewan.  Book 2: Changing Times is an examination of the governing bodies and the laws which were in effect in the Canadian West between 1821 and 1875.  Book 3: Petitioning for Rights is a study of the period between 1872 and 1883 which focuses on attempts by the Métis to obtain title to the lands on which they lived.  Book 4: Conflicting Plans is an examination of the conflict between the Métis’ attempts to gain legal ownership of their lands and the federal government’s National Policy and the plans for a railway.  Book 5: Ending an Era is an examination of the resistance battles, Riel’s trial, the political situation and the immediate aftermath of the resistance.         MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES IN McMATH LIBRARY CD                      The Métis [CD-ROM] : our people, our story.   VHS 971.004 DAU Daughters of the country VHS 971.05 GAB  Gabriel Dumont prince of the Prairies. SEE ALSO        First Nations                 Development of the Canadian West                 Louis Riel • General history of Canada books in 971 • books on Canadian First Nations in 971.004 • your textbooks • the Canadian Encyclopedia online  (accessible from Library homepage) • You may also wish to look at resources for the Red River Colony, the 1870 Red River Rebellion, and the 1885 Northwest Rebellion. • Check out biographies of some of the key people using the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online link from the library homepage. Created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School. Updated March 2007.