I’m Métis (Lakota) but my native grandma was an alcoholic and never there to teach me about my indigenous culture. So I’m learning on my own! Starting with this

@dianagagne1536

3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone. My generation is starting from scratch as well. What I learn I pass down to my grandchildren so our culture is not forgotten.

@MrMrdave1966

3 жыл бұрын

Same. My mother married an English and was basically disowned so I have nothing to go on. I only discovered her ancestry Googling my grandfather's birth certificate's land location. Learning more everyday. Hope you get some answers, to the strange things that pop up.

@kyleklukas4808

9 ай бұрын

If your grandmother was Lakota, then you are a " native " Lakota native . You are not Metis. Metis are a nation of people , not someone with a native grandparent .

I've recently discovered my mother was of Metis bloodlines. Now all the weird names at her family reunions make sense. They were certainly not reserve Metis, as my GGM was born Cyprus Hills, my Grandfather was born Turtle Mountain, his wife was from North Dakota, and my mother born in the Bighorn. So basically rootless, but seeking them out.

The “Metis” is used to describe a person of mixed European men and indigenous women… Once an Indian women married a white Man , she lost her legal First Nations rights and therefore became Métis. She could self identify as Métis …her kids were Métis .. they generally tried to hide their indigenous origin if they looked white enough….if they lost their First Nations rights they were non status off reserve who were allowed to settle on non reserve land on road allowances..the government wanted to clear the road allowances so they granted other crown land as Métis territory “

@kyleklukas4808

9 ай бұрын

Everything you have said here is wrong I'm sorry to brake it to you . Metis are a nation of people who have records of birth marriage and death going back to the 1700 .what you describe about status natives losing their status when marriage to non status only occurred after the sighing of treaties , after Canada was given the dominion act .Before this there was no status people . Road allowance occurred after the war with the Canadians, when metis were stripped of their homes and properties. They became landless refugees , internally displaced people , who were allowed to camp on the side of thoroughfares.

Metis usually seem to have some confusion and identity problems

@kyleklukas4808

9 ай бұрын

Well no ...there has been confusion brought you by the colonizers...but metis people know who we are and who we've always been . Metis are a nation of people . No confusion . We all have family records going back centuries in the church and Hudson's Bay Company . My family records go back to 1700 out west in what now is alberta . If you can't prove your family genealogy, that is because you are not metis . All metis are recorded.

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