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[PROVINCE] - NATIVE RACES | [PROVINCE] - NATIVE RACES | ||
=== Locating | === Locating the Records === | ||
Researching native races can be particularly challenging because use of the records is often restricted. When you know the tribe your ancestor belonged to and the areas where he may have lived, then determine if records are available. Administrative and Indian land records created by the federal Department of Indian Affairs before 1970 are now at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. An inventory of these is in: | Researching native races can be particularly challenging because use of the records is often restricted. When you know the tribe your ancestor belonged to and the areas where he may have lived, then determine if records are available. Administrative and Indian land records created by the federal Department of Indian Affairs before 1970 are now at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. An inventory of these is in: | ||
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An excellent Web site for learning how to do native research in Canada is Library and Archives Canada, '''[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-905.003-e.html ''Aboriginal Races'']'''. | An excellent Web site for learning how to do native research in Canada is Library and Archives Canada, '''[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-905.003-e.html ''Aboriginal Races'']'''. | ||
Métis, meaning "mixed blood," is usually limited to " | Métis, meaning "mixed blood," is usually limited to "non-status" persons of mixed Plains Indian and French Canadian ancestry, although there were also some Scottish Métis. The original home of many Métis was the Red River colony of what is now Manitoba. At the 1870 census of that area, 9,700 of the 12,000 inhabitants were listed as Métis. Data from that census and other sources was used to compile the family information in: | ||
*Sprague, D. N., and R. P. Frye. ''The Genealogy of the First Métis Nation''. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|58699|title-id|disp=971.27 D2s}}.) | *Sprague, D. N., and R. P. Frye. ''The Genealogy of the First Métis Nation''. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|58699|title-id|disp=971.27 D2s}}.) | ||
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For more information on some First Nations groups in Canada, see the Family History Library Catalog, Subject section, under the names of the tribes or: | For more information on some First Nations groups in Canada, see the Family History Library Catalog, Subject section, under the names of the tribes or: | ||
::INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA | ::INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA | ||
Books and records of the Métis are listed under: | Books and records of the Métis are listed under: | ||
::INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA - CANADA - MIXED BLOODS | ::INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA - CANADA - MIXED BLOODS | ||
Inuit sources are listed under ESKIMOS. | Inuit sources are listed under ESKIMOS. | ||
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See also the catalog’s Locality Search under: | See also the catalog’s Locality Search under: | ||
::CANADA - NATIVE RACES | ::CANADA - NATIVE RACES | ||
::[PROVINCE] - NATIVE RACES | ::[PROVINCE] - NATIVE RACES | ||
See also the periodical indexes listed in "[[Canada Periodicals|Periodicals]]." A discussion of Native Canadian research sources is included in: | See also the periodical indexes listed in "[[Canada Periodicals|Periodicals]]." A discussion of Native Canadian research sources is included in: | ||