Métis

Here are entered works on Canadians of mixed European and Indian descent.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88007566
- info:lc/authorities/sh88007566
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh88007566#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Broader Terms
- Indians of North America--Mixed descent--Canada
- Indigenous peoples--Canada
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Sprague, D.N. Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885, 1988.
- found: Phone call to Bureau of Indian Affairs, Oct. 5, 1988: Spoke to Evelyn Pickett (Mixed bloods is still common terminology, but also means mixed descent among Indian groups. Metis is being used.)
- found: Hennepin: p. 7956.
- found: Can. SH: p. 130.
- found: Wikipedia, Mar. 25, 2009 ("Aboriginal people in Canada, also known as First Nations, Inuit and Métis, are people who belong to recognized indigenous groups in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, sections 25 and 35, respectively as First Nations, Métis, and Inuit.")
LC Classification
- E99.M47
General Notes
- Here are entered works on Canadians of mixed European and Indian descent.
Change Notes
- 1988-12-05: new
- 2009-04-22: revised

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