Giving Voice to the Metis People

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Across
  1. 1. The blended mother tongue of the Metis people
  2. 7. The female author of the autobiography "Halfbreed"
  3. 8. A major food source produced and traded during the Fur Trade era
  4. 10. Dr. Heather Devine's academic designation
  5. 11. The belief that one's own culture/nation/ethnic group is superior to others
  6. 15. A popular bread derived from Scottish origins and made by Metis
  7. 16. The Metis experience is best expressed by the memories of ____ and other community people
  8. 18. Many Metis people fused traditional Aboriginal spirituality with this
  9. 21. Dorion & Prefontaine argue that Metis history is becoming more ___ over time
  10. 23. The conquerors who wrote history
  11. 24. A controversial "anti-Metis" scholar who is American
Down
  1. 2. In 1982, this official document recognized the Metis as Aboriginal people
  2. 3. A belief that hard work can equal success in life is driven by this religion
  3. 4. The best descriptor of Metis identity and experience
  4. 5. The 'Great Man of Metis History' who is typically the focus of historical studies
  5. 6. The other side of the ___-Civilized dichotomy
  6. 9. The study of how history and historical interpretation has changed over time
  7. 12. the tracing of a family line through the mother's bloodlines
  8. 13. The tradition that sustained knowledge transfer in pre-contact Aboriginal communities
  9. 14. One of the most famous places of battle between the Metis and the Canadian government
  10. 17. Some people prefer this name to Rebellion when referring to 1885
  11. 19. The province that the Metis are now recognized as creating
  12. 20. An American word for mixed-race people
  13. 22. A negative term for a trader who lived with an Indian or Metis woman