Métis and first nations autobiographies as a means of healing

• Main Author: Szenczi, Eszter
• Format: Book Part
• Language: French
• Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2019
• Subjects: Canada; diversité culturelle; mémoire collective; politique publique; Social Sciences; Interdisciplinary; HIS006020; HBJK; Indian; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: http://books.openedition.org/pur/138846

Under the Constitutional Act of 1982, Canada’s Aboriginal people fall into three categories: Métis, First Nations, and Inuit. It recognizes the existing Aboriginal rights in Canada which protect the cultures of the Native people. That was a huge step forward and contributed tremendously to the awakening of Canada’s Indigenous population. Out of the three groups, the Métis, a people of mixed European and Indian ancestry, represent a distinct people with a unique culture and history. Emerged fr.