COMMUNITY: CYPRESS HILLS
The land that is Cypress Hills has been home to Indigenous Peoples for at least 15,000 years. Pleistocene Hunters capitalized on this area as the glaciers retreated. (1) It was […]
Category Archives: Communities
COMMUNITIES: ROOSTER TOWN
On the Fringe: Urban Colonial Planning in Rooster Town, Manitoba Canada has a long history, far longer than our colonial history. Indigenous people have occupied Canada since time immemorial, and […]
Road Allowance Communities and other post-1885 Housing Challenges
After the 1885 resistance, the Métis were forced to leave their homes after the government would not grant them deeds to the lands that they had for so long inhabited.(1) […]
COMMUNITY: FORT CARLTON
…In the right place, at the right time. Fort Carlton sits approximately 27 kilometers west of Duck Lake, near the North Saskatchewan River on Treaty 6 Lands. Constructed in 1810 […]
Communities: Gift Lake Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Located directly east of Peavine is Gift Lake Settlement, with a population of approximately 1,300. (1) Of the six settlements visited, […]
Communities: East Prairie Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements”) Approximately 40 km southeast of High Prairie lies East Prairie Settlement, population approximately 812. (1) As the last of my settlement visits […]
Communities: Peavine Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Located 56km north of High Prairie, and near Grouard, Alberta, is Peavine Settlement (formerly Big Prairie). Peavine has a population of […]
Communities: Buffalo Lake Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Neighbouring Kikino is Buffalo Lake Settlement, an area originally called “Beaver River Colony #7” that was set aside by the government’s Métis Rehabilitation […]
Communities: Kikino Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Located approximately 55km south of Lac La Biche, Alberta, lies Kikino Métis Settlement. Originally known as “Goodfish Lake Area No.7” and then […]
Communities: Elizabeth Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Elizabeth Métis Settlement lies approximately 32km south of Cold Lake, Alberta, and has a population of around 650 people with […]
