As to specific examples of where the voice of Metis people has been instrumental in the development of education resources, I was informed that, ‘work was in its early stages’
Who are the Metis? Metis Nation BC describes the historic Metis as: … a distinct people and nation on the plains of western North America during the late 1700’s. As the fur trade expanded westward many of the employees, who were of European origin, found it both necessary and convenient to establish familial relationships with First Nations women. These relationships resulted in children of Mixed Aboriginal ancestry. Although the fur trade companies eventually adopted a policy of discouraging such unions between employees and First Nations, they also had an economic interest in delaying large-scale agricultural settlement, thereby limiting the choice of marriageable women for the fur trader in the North West. As a result, Mixed Aboriginals married other Mixed Aboriginals and they developed a culture that was not European, nor First Nations, but rather a fusion of the two cultures. Historians refer to this fusion as “Ethnogenesis.” As such, it i...