Episode 55 - Roots and Hoots with Dr. Allyson Stevenson

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is joined by Métis scholar and historian, Dr. Allyson Stevenson. The two share an important conversation on Métis history and heritage. Allyson helps listeners understand the policies and politics that have led to Métis dispossession of land and the severing of kinship ties, while also highlighting stories of resistance along the way. This episode invites listeners on a journey to learn more about the contributions of Métis Peoples to the fibres of Canada.

 

Show Notes

Allyson's Book

• Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and Colonization of Indigenous Kinship By: Allyson D. Stevenson

Treaties and Canada

• Royal Proclamation of 1763
• Manitoba Act
• Treaty 6
• Patriation of the Constitution, 1982
• Bill C-31
• Daniels v. Canada (2016)

Significant People

• Louis Riel
• Gabriel Dumont
• Peter Fidler 
• Mary Mackagonne
• Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur Riel
• James Isbister
• Edgar Dewdney
• George Simpson HBC

Métis

• Métis Languages
• Métis Homeland
• Hudson’s Bay Company - timeline
• Gabriel Dumont Research Institute
• Language and Worldview
• Red River Settlement
• Creation of the North-West Mounted Police