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Metis
The Other Mtis - Best source for information on the Metis People. Focuses attention on "The Other Metis" who are excluded by the Metis of the prairie provinces of Canada. The Breath - On-line magazine owned and operated by Metis entrepreneur Shane Belcourt. Canadian Mtis Council - A national organization representing Mtis across Canada. Casco Bay Metis - Information on the Casco Bay Metis in Maine. Also includes links to other Metis sites. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - Representing Canada's Metis, off-reserve and non-treaty indians. Edmonton Metis Cultural Dance Society - Promotes Metis traditional dances and history of the dances and music. Fraser/ Brazeau Metis Clan - A British Columbia registered Society composed of descendents of Colin Fraser (1805/1867) and Joseph Edward Brazeau (1810/1870.) Gail Morin's Metis Families - Contains census indexes, stories, family genealogies, marriage records, and sources for research on the history of Metis families. The Hudson's Bay Company Archives - Information on the history and genealogy of fur trade Mtis peoples. Kootenay Region Metis Association - Information on programs, history and links to other Metis web sites. Labrador Mtis Nation - Labrador's largest Aboriginal organization with 5,000 members. Information on Mtis history, current issues, links and newsletter. Louis Riel Home Page - A directory of information on this important Canadian figure. Metis - Background information and indexed links about the Metis people and their culture, community, language, history, and genealogy. The Metis - The history of the Metis people in Canada. Metis Community Services - Created by the Mtis people of the Capital Region to provide family and community services. Metis Hunters Battle for Inherent Rights - Information about Metis resource and land rights, with messages from the Captain and court papers. The Metis Man - Metis history of the Ile-a-la-Crosse area in Northwest Saskatchewan. The Metis Man - Historic view of Metis from Northern Saskatchewan by a Metis (Cree-French-Dene) man. Metis Nation in New England - A sovereign nation of the Metis People in New England. The Metis Nation OF The North West Territories - This organization represents approximately 7,000 Metis people throughout the NWT. Metis Nation of the Southwest - A nation of the Metis (mixed-blood of First Nations and Non-First Nations people) in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico Metis National Council - A collection of a variety of information on the Metis Nation. The Metis of North America - Website created to help individual Metis reclaim their aboriginal Identity through extensive links and on-site content. Metis Resource Centre - Metis history, reference, and genealogy information. Metis Setllements General Council of Alberta - Legal body created under the Metis Settlements Act of Alberta, Canada. Includes information on land, culture and future of the Metis people. Metro Mtis - Metro Toronto Mtis and Aboriginal Historical and Educational Association. Michif Cultural Preservation Society - Information on Metis history and culture, as well as Louis Riel, aboriginal links and Metis family services. Mtis Nation of Ontario - The Metis Nation of Ontario is divided into 9 regions. Mtis' treaty rights were recognized in the Constitution Act of 1982, but we were a recognized feature of this land long before then. Find out about our organization as well as the history and culture of the Metis in Canada. The Mtis Observer - An independently produced e-zine for the Mtis Nation: News,Views Photos and Stories:Editor and publisher:Conrad Desjarlais New Caledonia Metis Association - Metis genealogy and history, fur trade genealogy and history, Cemetery transcriptions and NCMA news. North Slave Metis Alliance - Information and links for the Metis of the Northwest Territories. Prince George BC Metis - Information for area Metis on housing health care and other issues. Titameg's Children - A Mtis genealogy site that records the thousands of Mtis descendants of one Indian woman. Toronto Metis Council - Information and resources for Metis people in Ontario and elsewhere. We'kopekwitk Metis Council - Created to foster and promote the cultural and political aspirations of the Metis people in central Nova Scotia. Who is Louis Riel? - A brief essay on Louis Riel, a historical figure who fought for Metis land rights and led the famous Riel Rebellions until his execution in 1885. Wolf Band of the Me^tis of the U.S. - Informational site and welcoming to people seeking knowledge and acceptance among their own kind, the Me^tis, "Mixed-Blood" People, consisting of Indigenous First Nations and European or African Americans. Women of the Mtis Nation in Ontario - The WMHO represent the Metis Nation in Ontario. After forming in 1993, the WMNO spent its first couple of years helping to lay the foundation for the Metis Nation of Ontario.BC Metis Hunters Rights - Metis fight for inherent right to hunt, fish trap and gather. Information site with messages from the Captain and court papers. Canadian Metis Council - A national organization representing Metis across Canada. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - Representing Canada's Metis, off-reserve and non-treaty indians. Fraser/ Brazeau Metis Clan - A British Columbia registered Society composed of descendents of Colin Fraser (1805/1867) and Joseph Edward Brazeau (1810/1870.) Labrador Mtis Nation - Labrador's largest Aboriginal organization. Primarily the descendents of Inuit women and British men, although also many have Innu, Mi'Kmaq, and Cree blood. Louis Riel Home Page - A directory of information on this important Canadian figure. The Metis - The history of the Metis people in Canada. Metis Nation of Ontario - Information on the organization as well as the history and culture of the Metis in Canada Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories - This organization represents approximately 7,000 Metis people throughout the NWT. The Metis National Council - The national representative of the Mtis Nation in Canada. Metis Resource Centre Inc. - Metis history reference and genealogy information Metis Settlements General Council of Alberta - Legal body created under the Metis Settlements Act of Alberta, Canada. Includes information on land, culture and future of the Metis people. Metro Metis - Metro Toronto Metis and Aboriginal Historical and Educational Association. Michif Cultural Preservation Society - Information on Metis history and culture, as well as Louis Riel, aboriginal links and Metis family services. New Caledonia Metis Association - Metis genealogy and history, fur trade genealogy and history, Cemetery transcriptions and NCMA news. Titameg's Children - A Metis genealogy site that records the thousands of Metis descendants of one Indian woman. We'kopekwitk Mtis Council - Created to foster and promote the cultural and political aspirations of the Metis people in central Nova Scotia. Who is Louis Riel? - A brief essay on Louis Riel, a historical figure who fought for Metis land rights and led the famous Riel Rebellions until his execution in 1885.ALHN Melungeon Webpage - This is the Melungeon information page for the American Local History Network. Appalachian Quarterly Magazine, Wise County (VA) Historical Society - A magazine which regularly covers items on Melungeons. Link to the Melungeon Registry, which traces family histories of many Melungeon families. List of common Melungeon names. Archives of the Melungeon Mailing List. - Archives at RootsWeb. Choose arranged by subject threads or chronological order, with or without names and dates. Search for names or topics of interest. Archives of the Melungeon-Kin Mailing List - Messages on this Rootsweb mailing list. Includes some of the discussion on the Malange area of Angola as an origin of some of the original ancestors of the Melungeons. Ayyildiz Turkish Report on Melungeons - Report on the affinities between Turks and other Mediterranean people and Melungeons and other Mestee and Indian groups of east and southeast America. Scroll down to Melungeon article. Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch - Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips, Genealogy Tips on Black Dutch and Irish, Melungeons, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch The Black Irish Myth - A theory as to why people of Irish descent like to lay claim to Spanish blood from the Armada. Links the Black Irish to the Melungeons. By Tom Kunesh. Brent Kennedy May 1997 update - Kennedy is the driving force behind the resurgence of interest in the Melungeons in the past decade. His book, "The Melungeons:The Resurrection of a Proud People:An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America", is the most popular book on the subject. This is a response to questions about and criticism of his book. Brent Kennedy's response to Virginia DeMarce - Kennedy defending his book after DeMarce wrote a review attacking it. Cyndi's List Melungeon Links - List of links which includes several books and tapes about Melungeons which are available. Part of more than 82,000 genealogy links on Cyndi's List. Darlene Wilson on the Melungeons - Discussion of what the word Melungeon has meant through time. Gowen Research Foundation - Information on families with the name Gowen, including variations. This includes the most common Melungeon name, Goins, Goin, Goings, Going, and others. Search the newsletters. Graysville Melungeons - Very good article on the Graysville Melungeons, found in Rhea, Roane and Hamilton counties, TN. These lowland Melungeons have a somewhat different origin and history from either the TN-VA mountain group or the KY-OH group. Implementation of Segregation - An interesting site highlighting racial laws that affected Black and mixed race people, with one letter on the Brass Ankles of South Carolina. Meet the Melungeons - Ian Morphitt goes in search of the lost tribe of America. An article from the Fortean Times 106. Melungeon Central Message Index - A site for Melungeon genealogical research and the exchange of messages. By Mary K. Goodyear, who has done a lot of Melungeon research. The Melungeon Connection - An introductory site on the Melungeons, with a list of common Melungeon Surnames. By Nancy Sparks Morrison Melungeon Definition 2000 - A definition of the term Melungeon with an attempt to describe who would be included in the group. Melungeon E-Group - A discussion group mainly for Melungeon genealogy. Melungeon Family Genealogy Forum - Discussion of genealogical topics about Melungeon families. Melungeon Family Photo Album - Site where Melungeons can post pictures of their family for others to see. Melungeon group tied to Africans, American Indians - Kentucky newspaper article on Melungeons and the First Union meeting. Tells about on-going research. By Judy Jones The Melungeon Health Education and Support Network - By Nancy Sparks Morrison. Melungeon Heritage Association - Sponsors of First, Second and Third Union - Melungeon conventions. Keep register of Melungeons and their genealogy. The MHA purpose is to document and preserve the heritage and cultural legacy of mixed-ancestry peoples in or associated with the southern Appalachians. Melungeon Links of Interest - Part of Mountain Ties, Martha Short's site for Appalachian genealogy. This list gives many Melungeons sites. Melungeon Mailing List - How to join the Melungeon Mailing List, from Martha Short's Melungeon Resource Page. Melungeon Origin eGroup - Discussion group on Melungeon history and origins. The Melungeon Reemergence in Southern Appalachia - Jason Adam's paper on the Melungeon struggle for self determination. Melungeon Research and Links - If you follow these links that I have listed here you'll notice that there are various theories on who the Melungeons were, and what their ancestry was. This makes the Melungeons all the more interesting, because no one knows for certain their background or origins, (though many have VERY strong opinions on the matter). Melungeon Resource Page - Includes a FAQ about the mixed Mediterranean-Indian heritage of Melungeons, genealogy links, and information on the Melungeon mailing list. By Martha Short The Melungeons - Historical sketch, and information about surnames common in the Melungeon community. Melungeons - Their Turkish Origins - by Mehmet Cakir - Term paper written by a Turkish student in Colorado. MELUNGEONS and Other Mestee Groups - Full-text on-line book with annotated bibliography. Description and history of the Melungeons and other mixed race groups in the eastern United States. By Mike Nassau. Melungeons: Examining An Appalachian Legend - A book by Pat Spurlock Elder. Published by Continuity Press. Very controversial and considered unreliable by many researchers. Includes link to her talk at Second Union. The Melungeons Revisited: First Union - Article from Blue Ridge Country magazine on the First Union of the Melungeons and Brent Kennedy's work. Muslims in early America - Article in Islamic Horizons, which is a reprint of part of Brent Kennedy's book. Muslims in the Americas Before Columbus - Some reference to Muslim presence among the Indians which might tie into the cultural observations which have been used as evidence of a Turkish presence in Colonial times. Emphasis is on Mediterranean Muslims, not the much better evidenced contact with the Guinea Coast. My Melungeon Heritage - Histories of her family and some notable Melungeons such as Mahala Mullins. Some links. By Brenda Nichols. The National Melungeon Registry - List of Melungeon surnames. Register your family. Native American Muslims - An article about early contact between Native Americans and Muslims, which contends many Native Americnas adopted Islam. This may tie in with the better known Masonic movement among Native Americans. North from the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio - By John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball. Paper on the Melungeons of Carmel, Ohio, presented at Third Union, posted on the Melungeon Heritage Association webpage. Good history of Melungeons and it gives name distributions. Patrick Minges's Writings - Dissertation on Religion among Indians of the Southeast contains much information relevant to the history of Melungeons and other Mestees. Also tells of Freemasonery among the Indians. Some details of the mixing which produced the Mestee groups. Paul Heinegg's "Free African Americans" - Family history of 500 African American families who were free in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware from the colonial period until about 1820. Gives information on the free Mulattos of Virginia and their role in the formation of the Melungeons and other groups. Redbones and Melungeons - The Redbones or Louisiana Melungeons are a mixed origin group living near the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border. They are connected to both the Melungeons and the mixed race groups of South Carolina. Search results for 'melungeon' - GenSeeker at Rootsweb links to Melungeon sites (89 sites) Southeastern Kentucky Melungeon Information Exchange Summer 2001 - Vardy Gathering, Unions - Message from Wayne Winkler of the Melungeon Heritage Association about the meeting at Vardy this Summer. Vardy is on Blackwater Creek, behind Newman's Ridge from Sneedville, TN, site of Melungeon mission school. Surviving Indian Groups of Eastern U.S. - 1948 article based on Census research on Indian and mixed race groups of eastern U.S. Description, location and common names given for many groups, including the Melungeons and Redbones. By William Harlen Gilbert. 32 pages. Under One Sky Melungeon Newsletter - Under One Sky is a newsletter of Melungeon research and history by Bill Fields. Vardy Community Historical Society - This society is trying to preserve the Vardy Melungeon site on Blackwater Creek in Hancock County, TN. Museum in the old Melungeon school. Mahala Mullins' cabin brought to the site from Newman's ridge. Wayfaring Stranger - The Black Dutch, German Gypsies, or Chicanere, and their relation to the Melungeons, by Linda D. Griggs. What is a Melungeon? - Description of several groups which are called Melungeon. Stresses the need to have a definition broad enough to cover all of them, by Mike Nassau. Who are the Melungeons? - By Nancy Sparks Morrison. From the Melungeon Heritage Association homepage. WHO TO CONTACT IN YOUR AREA - Contact board for a major new effort to organize Melungeons in state, county or regional groups. See this to establish contact with other Melungeons and interested persons in your area. Posted by SKYEAGLE.The Jackson Whites - Description and history of the Ramapo Mountain People, a group similar to the Melungeons on the New Jersey - New York border. Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) Indians - Description of the Lenape Indians, including the Ramapough Mountain Indians. Ramapo Mountain Indians denied status by BIA - Report by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on their rejection of the Ramapo Mountain Indians bid for recognition as an Indian tribe. Ramapough Finding - U.S. Department of the Interior finding that the Ramapough Indians do not constitute an Indian Tribe by U.S. standards. Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc - Official site of the Ramapough Indians. Ramapough powwow asserts tribal identity - Ramapough powwow meeting which advocated recognition.DeBose Heyward's Brass Ankle - Encyclopdia Britannica article on DeBose Heyward mentions his play titled "Brass Ankle" which is about members of the group. Etiwan Island and Its People - An article about one location in South Carolina occupied by Brass Ankles, with some description of their lifestyle. Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia by Paul Heinegg - Genealogy.com site about Heinegg's book. Mentions Brass Ankles and Turks. See Heinegg's book on-line at http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/ Frontline: Locklear - This article on Heather Locklear's Lumbee ancestry contains some references to the Mestees of South Carolina. Implementation of Segregation - Interesting site on the history of racial discrimination. Includes one letter on the Brass Ankles. Joseph Benenhaly and the Turks of Sumter County - Brief discussion of Turks and Benenhaly. No documentation. The Lumbee Story (with mention of Smilings) - History of the Lumbee. Most of the Smilings moved from SC to NC (Robeson county) and tried to join the Lumbee, so their history becomes very involved with the Lumbees. MELUNGEONS and Other Mestee Groups - On-line full-text book with annotated bibliography with some information on the Mestees of South Carolina, with citations to Brewton Berry's and Edward Price's earlier work. Mother Heart - Brass Ankle interview - Interview with a Brass Ankle woman for the Federal Writer's Project in 1939. Race, Face, and Place (what to call Triracials or Mestees) - Article by Darlene Wilson on the interchangability of Melungeon, Brass Ankle, Guinea, etc., as terms for Mestees who are mostly White, depending on local usage. Tri-Racials: Black Indians of the Upper South - This article on Mestee groups mentions Brass Ankles, Red Bones and Turks of South Carolina. It combines the Red Bones of SC with the Redbones or Louisiana Melungeons. Based on DeMarce's work, for the most part. Turks of South Carolina citation - Just a citation giving how to find a paper on the Turks. Turks of Sumter County - Harry Golden - Citation to paper on the Turks by Harry Golden in the archives of Tuskegee University. Turks of Sumter County discussion - Discussion of legends of Moorish and/or Turkish origins of the Turks of Sumter County, SC.Arts and Culture - Michif - Overview of the Michif language from the Metis National Council. Michif (Mitchif, Metis Creole, French Cree) - Page dedicated to the Michif language, also with information and links about Metis culture, history, and genealogy. MRC Lesson 1 - Online Michif lessons.
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