Métis
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The Métis are a mixed-ancestry Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and th
Population distribution of self-identified Métis Canadians by census division, 2021 census
Contemporary lithograph of the Battle of Batoche
The Trapper's Bride by Alfred Jacob Miller, 1837
Métis fur trader, c. 1870
First Nations in Canada
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First Nations is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly
Métis
…Métis, with a population of 624,220 as of 2021, are one of three legally recognized Indigenous peoples in the Constitution Act, 1982, along with the First Nations and Inuit. The term Métis (uppercase 'M') typically refers to the specific community of people defined as the Métis Nation, which originated largely…
Squamish woman
Detail of the painting Ojibwe Wigwam at Grand Portage by Eastman Johnson
Three Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) children at Friendly Cove, British Columbia in the 1930s
Conference between the French and First Nations leaders by Émile Louis Vernier.