Aboriginal Youth Identity Series - Language and Culture

People of mixed First Nations and European ancestry. They are distinct from First Nations, Inuit and non-Aboriginal Peoples. Métis history and culture draws on diverse ancestral origins such as Scottish, Irish, French, Ojibwa and Cree.

Métis Nation of Alberta Association

The Association consists of an elected provincial and vice-president, as well as six elected zone presidents and zone vice-presidents from each of the zones across Alberta.

Egalitarian nomads, the Métis had no real property and took part in the summer buffalo hunt like most other Plains First Nations. Similar to the Plains Cree, they maintained a ‘home base’ from which they migrated to take part in buffalo hunts. The Métis nation is unique to the cultural map of Canada in that they emerged only after the arrival of Europeans and the intermarriage of English or French Canadians with Aboriginal, predominantly Cree, women. The children born of these marriages were called ‘Métis’ which is the French term for ‘mixed blood’.

The traditional language spoken by the Métis people. It is a combination of French nouns and Cree verbs.





	Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Métis People of mixed First Nations and European ancestry. They are distinct from First Nations, Inuit and non-Aboriginal Peoples. Métis history and culture draws on diverse ancestral origins such as Scottish, Irish, French, Ojibwa and Cree. Métis Nation of Alberta Association The Association consists of an elected provincial and vice-president, as well as six elected zone presidents and zone vice-presidents from each of the zones across Alberta. Métis Nation Egalitarian nomads, the Métis had no real property and took part in the summer buffalo hunt like most other Plains First Nations. Similar to the Plains Cree, they maintained a ‘home base’ from which they migrated to take part in buffalo hunts. The Métis nation is unique to the cultural map of Canada in that they emerged only after the arrival of Europeans and the intermarriage of English or French Canadians with Aboriginal, predominantly Cree, women. The children born of these marriages were called ‘Métis’ which is the French term for ‘mixed blood’. Michif The traditional language spoken by the Métis people. It is a combination of French nouns and Cree verbs. Click here for a Michif glossary! « Back Top