Road Allowance Métis
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The Road Allowance Métis are a historically marginalized Métis community in Western Canada who lived on narrow strips of public land beside roads after being displaced from their traditional territories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Road Allowance Métis canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Métis community ⓘ historically marginalized group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alberta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ prairie provinces ⓘ |
| causeOfDisplacement |
colonial settlement policies
ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ loss of traditional territories ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
dance
ⓘ
kinship networks ⓘ music ⓘ storytelling traditions ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Métis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experienced |
discrimination
ⓘ
housing insecurity ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| faced |
exclusion from land grants
ⓘ
limited access to social services ⓘ racist government policies ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| identity | distinct Métis identity ⓘ |
| language |
Cree
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michif NERFINISHED ⓘ Métis French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedOn |
narrow strips of public land beside roads
ⓘ
road allowances ⓘ |
| partOf | broader Métis Nation history ⓘ |
| region | Western Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Métis dispossession in the Prairie West
ⓘ
Métis road allowance communities ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
economically marginalized
ⓘ
landless ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Indigenous literature
ⓘ
academic research ⓘ oral histories ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
casual farm work
ⓘ
domestic work ⓘ hunting ⓘ seasonal labour ⓘ trapping ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.