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Metis Family History Research: Books & Other Publications

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Red River cart and half-breeds, 1890

The Indians and the Metis: Genealogical Sources on Minnesota's Earliest Settlers, by Virginia Rogers. 
In Minnesota History, 46/7 (fall 1979), p. 286-296. 
MNHS call number:  Digital Copy

Books

The Genealogy of the First Metis Nation: The Development and Dispersal of the Red River Settlement, 1820-1900. Compiled by D.N. Sprague and R.P. Frye
Winnipeg, Man.: Pemmican Publications, 1983.
MNHS call number: F1063.3.S67 1983

Complement au Dictionnaire Genealogique Tanguay, by J. Arthur Leboeuf.
Montreal, 1957.
MNHS call number: Reading Room CS81.T3 1871a

Métis Families: A Genealogical Compendium, by Gail Morin.
Pawtucket, R.I.: Quintin Publications, 1996.
MNHS call number: F1063.3.S67 1983 E99.M47 M676 1996

Pembina and Turtle Mountain Ojibway (Chippewa) History: From the Personal Collections and Writings of Charlie White Weasel.
Belcourt, ND: 1994.
MNHS call number: E99.C6 W564 1994

Strange Empire: A Narrative of the Northwest, by Joseph Kinsey Howard.
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1994.
MNHS call number: F1060.9.H8 1994, also available for purchase

The Western Metis: Profile of a People, edited by Patrick C. Douaud
Regina, University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007.
MNHS call number: Reading Room E99.M47 W48 2007

The Whole Country Was ...One Robe; The Little Shell Tribe's America, by Nicholas Vrooman.
Helena, MT : Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, 2012
MNHS call number: E99.C6 V76 2012 

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