{"id":73715,"date":"2020-06-04T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=73715"},"modified":"2020-06-04T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:21:01","slug":"who-are-the-metis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/reading\/national-indigenous-history-month\/who-are-the-metis\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the M\u00e9tis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73716\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/Flag_of_the_Metis_francophone.png\" alt=\"Flag of the M\u00e9tis\" width=\"350\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/Flag_of_the_Metis_francophone.png 586w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/Flag_of_the_Metis_francophone-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/Flag_of_the_Metis_francophone-165x82.png 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Reading: National Indigenous History Month<\/h5>\n<h2>Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about the M\u00e9tis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The M\u00e9tis, unlike the First Nations peoples and Inuit, emerged as a group in Canada only after European contact.<\/p>\n<p>As the fur trade moved west, many French-speaking men married Cree and Ojibway women. As the children from these marriages grew up, a distinct group of people with mixed heritage began to emerge. The children of these marriages spoke both French and Indigenous languages.<\/p>\n<p>The M\u00e9tis take their name from an old French word meaning &#8220;mixed,&#8221; and have at times been called the &#8220;children of the fur trade.&#8221; Over time, the M\u00e9tis formed a close-knit community with both European and First Nations customs and lifestyles to meet the needs of their people.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the M\u00e9tis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/cmc\/exhibitions\/aborig\/fp\/fpz4b_1e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explore these pages at the Canadian History Museum<\/a>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17EzGf0j6uAl_57HiDqATrSDaqgPJJA4X\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directions to navigate the site<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>As you read, <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/whats-new\/national-indigenous-history-month\/\">add information and questions to your mind map<\/a> about National Indigenous History Month. You can write down facts that help answer some of your questions. You can also write down new questions that you have.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Opportunities:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/exploring-the-library-learning-commons\/\">Keep on reading books you choose every day<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The M\u00e9tis, unlike the First Nations peoples and Inuit, emerged as a group in Canada only after European contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":74013,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73715","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73715\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}