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Métis

LC control no.sh 88007566
LC classificationE99.M47
Topical headingMétis
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See alsoIndians of North America--Mixed descent--Canada
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Indigenous peoples--Canada
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Scope noteHere are entered works on Canadians of mixed European and Indian descent.
Found inWork cat.: Sprague, D.N. Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885, 1988.
Phone call to Bureau of Indian Affairs, Oct. 5, 1988: Spoke to Evelyn Pickett (Mixed bloods is still common terminology, but also means mixed descent among Indian groups. Metis is being used.)
Hennepin: p. 7956.
Can. SH: p. 130.
Wikipedia, Mar. 25, 2009 ("Aboriginal people in Canada, also known as First Nations, Inuit and Métis, are people who belong to recognized indigenous groups in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, sections 25 and 35, respectively as First Nations, Métis, and Inuit.")