This is a partial list of Canadians who are Métis people.
The Métis are a specific group of people, primarily from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, who have Indigenous (primarily Cree) and European (primarily French) ancestry.[1][2] They have a shared history and Michif language.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2010)
Andre Beauchemin, Métis; First Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Vital (French Party) 1870–1874. In November 1872, Beauchemin offered to resign his seat in the Manitoba assembly so that Riel could be elected in a by-election
Pierre Bottineau, Minnesota frontiersman, surveyor, diplomat and translator
Michel "Mitch" Bouyer, Métis of French Canadian and Sioux ancestry; interpreter and guide in the Old West; lead scout with the US Seventh Cavalry; died along with Lt.Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876
John Norquay, Métis politician, Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887
Malcolm Norris, Métis politician, activist, and leader. Norris was a founder and the first vice-president of the first Alberta Métis organization (1932) called the Association des Métis d’Alberta et des Territories du Nord-Ouest (Alberta Métis Association). In 1964, he headed the Métis Association of Northern Saskatchewan
Louis Riel, Métis leader who led the Red River Rebellion in 1869 - 1870, the provisional government of Rupert's Land, Manitoba's entry into Confederation in 1870; later led the North-West Rebellion in 1885[4] Riel was elected three times to the House of Commons for Provencher riding; first, in the general election of 1873, the government subsequently resigned over the Pacific Scandal in November 1873. Riel was reelected in February 1874, then expelled, then ran in the subsequent by-election, was reelected and expelled again[5]
Louis Schmidt, Métis politician, Riel's Secretary and, in their youth, Riel's classmate. Born in 1844 he was known as Louis Laferté until Bishop Taché changed it in 1858. Louis Schmidt made the first of numerous petitions on behalf of the Métis' to the federal government over rights to their lands and their call for proper political representation. See Louis Schmidt: A Forgotten Métis in Riel and the Métis Ed. A.S Lussier (1979) Manitoba Métis Federation Press
Architectsedit
Douglas Cardinal, architect; of Métis and Blackfoot ancestry. He designed the Museum of Canadian History and did the building designs for the Oujé-Bougoumou community of the James Bay Cree. This work won the “We the People” United Nations Community Award[7]
Artists and writersedit
George R. D. Goulet, 2007 (shown carrying the Métis flag) and leading the Grand Entry at the Red River West celebration
Joe Fafard (artist), Métis artist from Saskatchewan whose work has been featured across Canada and around the world
Sandra Birdsell, daughter of a Métis man and a Russian Mennonite woman; based her award-winning novel Children of the Day in part on her parents' experiences in Manitoba in the 1920s to 1950s
Robert Boyer (1948–2004); Métis Cree artist, best known for his politically charged "Blanket Statements" series of paintings[9]
Maria Campbell, Métis writer and filmmaker; born in northern Saskatchewan in 1940; brought the struggles of modern-day Métis and Aboriginal people to the public through her breakthrough book, Halfbreed (1973), and the collaborative play, Jessica (1982); captured the sound and song of traditional stories through her work in dialect, Stories of the Road Allowance People (1996)[10]
George R. D. Goulet, best-selling Métis author; books include The Trial of Louis Riel: Justice and Mercy Denied, The Metis: Memorable Events and Memorable Personalities, and The Métis in British Columbia: From Fur Trade Outposts to Colony
Rod Bruinooge, Métis; Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South (Conservative Party of Canada); Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs & Northern Development; Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians from 2005 until the fall of 2008
Thelma J Chalifoux, Métis; community activist; First Aboriginal Woman appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 26, 1997, established Michif Cultural and Resource Institute[13]
D'Arcy McNickle, writer, Native American activist, college professor and administrator, and anthropologist of Irish and Cree-Métis descent. He enrolled in the Salish Kootenai nation, as his mother has come to Montana with the Métis red river rebellion refugees
Derrick O'Keefe, Rabble.ca editor; Canadian anti-war movement leader; Métis
Dan Vandal, Métis; Member of Parliament for Saint-Boniface and Saint-Vital (Liberal Party of Canada) 2015-current; Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Services
^Reasonable doubts may be raised about whether either of these events was a rebellion. For example, the actions considered rebellious in 1869 were undertaken by Riel as the leader of a government recognized by Canada as in legitimate control of territory that did not belong to Canada; Canada negotiated the Manitoba Act with this government. After these "rebellions", land speculators and other non-Métis effectively deprived the Métis of land by exploiting a government program for its purchase, with the government perhaps turning a blind eye. The province of Alberta distributed land to Métis in 1938 to correct what it believed to be an inequity, but Saskatchewan and Manitoba have not followed Alberta's lead.
^"Biography – RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85) – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
^"Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | PIERRE-GUILLAUME SAYER TRIAL". plainshumanities.unl.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
^Derworiz, Colette (6 October 2017). "Thelma Chalifoux was the first Métis woman to serve in Canada's Senate". The Globe and Mail.
^"Manitoba government has 'clearly abandoned' Métis people, says federation". CBC News, November 17, 2015.
^"Newly elected Métis Nation of Sask. president optimistic for future". CTV Saskatoon. Bell Media. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^D'Andrea, Jeff (30 May 2021). "McCallum re-elected as MN-S president; full election results". paNOW. Pattison Media. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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Not to be confused with List of Meitei people This is a partial list of Canadians who are Metis people The Metis are a specific group of people primarily from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta who have Indigenous primarily Cree and European primarily French ancestry 1 2 They have a shared history and Michif language This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items May 2010 Contents 1 Prominent Metis 1 1 Historical 1 2 Architects 1 3 Artists and writers 1 4 Musicians 1 5 Politicians activists lawyers physicians and judges 2 Military 2 1 Sports 2 2 Others 3 See also 4 NotesProminent Metis editHistorical edit nbsp Louis Riel c 1884Howard Adams Metis activist author and leader Andre Beauchemin Metis First Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St Vital French Party 1870 1874 In November 1872 Beauchemin offered to resign his seat in the Manitoba assembly so that Riel could be elected in a by election Pierre Bottineau Minnesota frontiersman surveyor diplomat and translator Michel Mitch Bouyer Metis of French Canadian and Sioux ancestry interpreter and guide in the Old West lead scout with the US Seventh Cavalry died along with Lt Col George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25 1876 James P Brady Metis politician and activist Pierre Delorme Metis politician and activist Elected as a Member of Parliament in 1871 defeated in 1874 and re elected in 1878 3 Gabriel Dumont Metis military leader during the North West Rebellion Cuthbert Grant Metis political and military leader James Isbister was a Canadian Metis leader and he is considered to be the founder of the city of Prince Albert Saskatchewan Josette Vieau Juneau Metis founding mother of Milwaukee Thomas McKay was a Metis farmer and political figure who was the first mayor of Prince Albert Saskatchewan John Norquay Metis politician Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887 Malcolm Norris Metis politician activist and leader Norris was a founder and the first vice president of the first Alberta Metis organization 1932 called the Association des Metis d Alberta et des Territories du Nord Ouest Alberta Metis Association In 1964 he headed the Metis Association of Northern Saskatchewan Louis Riel Metis leader who led the Red River Rebellion in 1869 1870 the provisional government of Rupert s Land Manitoba s entry into Confederation in 1870 later led the North West Rebellion in 1885 4 Riel was elected three times to the House of Commons for Provencher riding first in the general election of 1873 the government subsequently resigned over the Pacific Scandal in November 1873 Riel was reelected in February 1874 then expelled then ran in the subsequent by election was reelected and expelled again 5 Guillaume Sayer a Metis fur trader whose trial was a turning point in the ending of the monopoly of the Hudson s Bay Company HBC of the fur trade in North America 6 Louis Schmidt Metis politician Riel s Secretary and in their youth Riel s classmate Born in 1844 he was known as Louis Laferte until Bishop Tache changed it in 1858 Louis Schmidt made the first of numerous petitions on behalf of the Metis to the federal government over rights to their lands and their call for proper political representation See Louis Schmidt A Forgotten Metis in Riel and the Metis Ed A S Lussier 1979 Manitoba Metis Federation PressArchitects edit Douglas Cardinal architect of Metis and Blackfoot ancestry He designed the Museum of Canadian History and did the building designs for the Ouje Bougoumou community of the James Bay Cree This work won the We the People United Nations Community Award 7 Artists and writers edit nbsp George R D Goulet 2007 shown carrying the Metis flag and leading the Grand Entry at the Red River West celebrationKeith Barker playwright Be sha Blondin Deme Elder health activist and founder and director of Northern Integrated Culture with the Environment Northern ICE which strengthens Aboriginal communities in the North Katherine Boyer Metis Settler artist 8 Terril Calder animator and artist Joe Fafard artist Metis artist from Saskatchewan whose work has been featured across Canada and around the world Sandra Birdsell daughter of a Metis man and a Russian Mennonite woman based her award winning novel Children of the Day in part on her parents experiences in Manitoba in the 1920s to 1950s Robert Boyer 1948 2004 Metis Cree artist best known for his politically charged Blanket Statements series of paintings 9 Maria Campbell Metis writer and filmmaker born in northern Saskatchewan in 1940 brought the struggles of modern day Metis and Aboriginal people to the public through her breakthrough book Halfbreed 1973 and the collaborative play Jessica 1982 captured the sound and song of traditional stories through her work in dialect Stories of the Road Allowance People 1996 10 Laura de Jonge Metis family advocate corporate social responsibility practitioner filmmaker and magazine founder Cherie Dimaline writer was awarded the Anskohk Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2013 Danis Goulet filmmaker George R D Goulet best selling Metis author books include The Trial of Louis Riel Justice and Mercy Denied The Metis Memorable Events and Memorable Personalities and The Metis in British Columbia From Fur Trade Outposts to Colony Matthew MacKenzie playwright Dylan Miner Metis printmaker writer and conceptual artist 11 Rick Rivet born 1949 painter Gregory Scofield acclaimed poet beadwork artist dramatist non fiction writer activist and educator 12 Jesse Thistle academic and writer Kamala Todd community planner filmmaker curator Loretta Todd filmmaker producer cultural theorist Katherena Vermette writer Rhayne Vermette filmmaker Christine Welsh documentary filmmaker and academicMusicians edit Arlette Alcock musician songwriter and social activist Andrea Menard actress playwright and singer Amanda Rheaume singer songwriter Berk Jodoin singer songwriter Celeigh Cardinal singer songwriter Jani Lauzon musician Kinnie Starr musician Laura Vinson musician Rod Olstad musician Ruby Waters musician Sister Ray singer songwriterPoliticians activists lawyers physicians and judges edit Andre Beauchemin Metis politician in Manitoba Rod Bruinooge Metis Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Conservative Party of Canada Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs amp Northern Development Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non Status Indians from 2005 until the fall of 2008 Brian Bowman Metis mayor of Winnipeg Thelma J Chalifoux Metis community activist First Aboriginal Woman appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 26 1997 established Michif Cultural and Resource Institute 13 Clement Chartier Metis Canadian leader who served as President of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples between 1984 87 and vice president between 1993 and 1997 David Chartrand Metis politician and aboriginal activist in Manitoba Canada who has been the leader of the Manitoba Metis Federation since 1997 to the present 14 Todd Ducharme Metis appointed as a judge in 2004 of the Ontario Supreme Court of Justice Shelly Glover Metis Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface Conservative Party of Canada 2008 2015 Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages Carole James former British Columbia New Democratic Party leader Metis Bertha Clark Jones Cree Metis activist and Royal Canadian Air Force member Rick Laliberte Canadian former politician from Beauval Saskatchewan who is fluent in Cree Michif Glen McCallum Metis politician from Pinehouse Saskatchewan who was first elected to serve as President of Metis Nation Saskatchewan on 27 May 2017 15 and was re elected on 29 May 2021 16 Bob McLeod is a former Canadian politician D Arcy McNickle writer Native American activist college professor and administrator and anthropologist of Irish and Cree Metis descent He enrolled in the Salish Kootenai nation as his mother has come to Montana with the Metis red river rebellion refugees Gerald Morin Metis politician who served as president of the Metis National Council and the Metis Nation Saskatchewan also serving as vice president for the latter Derrick O Keefe Rabble ca editor Canadian anti war movement leader Metis Dan Vandal Metis Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface and Saint Vital Liberal Party of Canada 2015 current Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous ServicesMilitary editFrancis Godon member of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles during the Second World WarHenry Norwest First World War sniperSports edit Calen Addison professional ice hockey player for the Minnesota Wild Arron Asham professional ice hockey player nbsp Sharon Bruneau a Canadian champion bodybuilderRene Bourque NHL hockey player from Lac La Biche Alberta a Metis Sharon Bruneau bodybuilder and fitness model Kyle Chipchura NHL player of Metis ancestry Connor Dewar professional ice hockey player for the Minnesota Wild Kerri Einarson Canadian national curling champion Theoren Fleury Canadian former professional ice hockey player Travis Hamonic professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Senators Dwight King professional ice hockey player for the Los Angeles Kings Heather Mandoli Canadian Olympic Rower of Metis ancestry Anthony Carelli former professional wrestler known as Santino Marella of Italian and Metis descent Vic Mercredi Atlanta Flames first round draft pick Kevin O Toole 1996 North American light heavyweight bodybuilding champion Wade Redden NHL defenceman of Metis ancestry Sheldon Souray NHL defenceman of Metis ancestry Bryan Trottier NHL Hall of Fame center Terry Fox creator of marathon of hopeOthers edit Tantoo Cardinal actress of Metis and Cree ancestry Roseanne Supernault actress Metis of Cree descent Zoe Todd academic Siera Bearchell Miss Universe Canada 2016 of Metis descentSee also edit nbsp Indigenous peoples of the Americas portal nbsp Canada portalList of Canadian Inuit List of First Nations people Indigenous Canadian personalitiesNotes edit Metis Nation Library Archives Canada 15 October 2013 Metis Homeland Rupertsland Institute www rupertsland org Retrieved 2021 07 24 Barkwell Lawrence https www scribd com document 324121091 Metis Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Reasonable doubts may be raised about whether either of these events was a rebellion For example the actions considered rebellious in 1869 were undertaken by Riel as the leader of a government recognized by Canada as in legitimate control of territory that did not belong to Canada Canada negotiated the Manitoba Act with this government After these rebellions land speculators and other non Metis effectively deprived the Metis of land by exploiting a government program for its purchase with the government perhaps turning a blind eye The province of Alberta distributed land to Metis in 1938 to correct what it believed to be an inequity but Saskatchewan and Manitoba have not followed Alberta s lead Biography RIEL LOUIS 1844 85 Volume XI 1881 1890 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Encyclopedia of the Great Plains PIERRE GUILLAUME SAYER TRIAL plainshumanities unl edu Retrieved 2021 07 10 http www metismuseum ca media document php 11995 Douglas 20Cardinal pdf bare URL PDF About Katherine Boyer Retrieved 2021 07 25 Jacoby Smith Jennifer The Painterly Life of Bob Boyer University of Saskatchewan Green and White Winter 2005 retrieved 23 November 2009 Maclean s September 8 2005 Membership Archived 2006 04 20 at the Wayback Machine Aboriginal Curatorial Collective retrieved 13 February 2010 Barkwell Lawrence http www metismuseum ca media document php 13481 Gregory 20Scofield pdf Derworiz Colette 6 October 2017 Thelma Chalifoux was the first Metis woman to serve in Canada s Senate The Globe and Mail Manitoba government has clearly abandoned Metis people says federation CBC News November 17 2015 Newly elected Metis Nation of Sask president optimistic for future CTV Saskatoon Bell Media 28 May 2017 Retrieved 2 June 2021 D Andrea Jeff 30 May 2021 McCallum re elected as MN S president full election 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