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Métis Nation Genealogy

The Métis Nation originated in the 1700s when French and Scottish fur traders married Indigenous women, such as the Cree, and Anishinabe (Ojibway). Their descendants formed a distinct culture, collective consciousness and nationhood in the Northwest.



Distinct Métis communities developed along the fur trade routes. This Métis Nation Homeland includes the three Prairie Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta), as well as parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Northern United States.



The Métis Nation grew into a distinct culture and became a people in the Northwest prior to that territory becoming part of Canada.



Although unacceptable today, the term "half-breed" was used almost exclusively by the federal government throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when referring to the Métis people.



Therefore, when doing research in Canadian government records databases and when consulting original documents from this period, you will obtain better results if you use the term "half-breed."

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