In honour of Alberta Métis Week, we’ve put together a selection from our collection that highlights the histories, experiences, knowledge, and stories of Métis peoples.  

Hoping for an eBook? Here’s a cross-disciplinary sampling. 

• Day/break (Gwen Benaway, 2020) 

• From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way (Jesse Thistle, 2019) 

• The Audacity of his Enterprise: Louis Riel and the Métis Nation that Canada Never Was, 1840-1875 (M. Max Hamon, 2019) 

• Métis: Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood (Chris Andersen, 2014) 

• Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine (Kim Andersen, 2011) 

Prefer watching over reading?  

• How the Fiddle Flows (NFB & Streaming Fiddles Media, 2017)  

• A Living History of Métis Families (Judy Isekes-Barnes & Voices in the Wind Productions, 2008) 

• Foster Child (Gil Cardinal, 1987)  

Unable to resist print? Books & otherwise. 

• This Place: 150 Years Retold (Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm et al., 2018) 

• Let Me See Your Fancy Steps: Story of a Métis Dance Caller (Jeanne Pelletier et al., 2018) 

• The Métis: A Visual History (Sherry Farrell Racette & Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2010) 

• Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Métis Plant Use(Christi Belcourt et al., 2007)      

For more print and digital items, check out the full reading list. A green checkmark next to an item in our list means it’s available to borrow. A blue checkmark means you can read/watch online.