Folks, I have some exciting news! MY BOOK IS FINALLY COMING OUT! JUST LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY!!! At last I’ve collected and expanded some of the pieces found on this blog, and wrote some new ones! I spent a tonne of time curating resources for each chapter so that people interested in a specific subject…
Tag: metis
Who are the Métis?
Although I wrote about the various ways Métis identity is interpreted in a post years ago, I still get asked, “who are the Métis”? In fact, I am asked this more and more frequently since the Daniels decision. It’s a live issue and since I have been drawn into providing some answers based on being…
Really quick info to help understand the Daniels case
The first thing people must understand about Canada in general is that the Constitution Act of 1867 divides up powers between the federal and provincial governments. Most folks learn this in high-school but don’t necessarily remember it forever, unlike quadratic functions ;). The provinces have power over things like the solemnization of marriage, property and…
The mythology of Métissage: Settler moves to innocence
In 2009, John Ralston Saul tried to whip together a cohesive Canadian identity in A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada, using the Métis as a synecdoche for ‘a unique people’ (i.e. Canadians). He argued that Canadian culture was less a result of English and French Enlightenment values, and more of a result of interactions…
Métis In Space: Podcast!
This may be my shortest post yet, but do not despair! I’ve got 50 minutes of jam packed audio to make up for any perceived lack of loquaciousness! Imagine this: two Métis nerds get together, drink a bottle of wine, watch a Sci-Fi movie or television episode and critique it from an Indigenous perspective. Gold?…