A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences, regarded as racial, or the descendant of such persons. The term is of French origin, and also is a cognate of mestizo in Spanish and mestee in English. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Cognates in Linguistics are words that have a common origin They may occur within a language such as shirt and skirt as two English words descended from Mestizo is a Spanish term that was coined during the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry in Latin English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States In the Western Hemisphere, this term usually is used to describe someone born or descended from the union of a European and an Amerindian. The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies West For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. However, the term has been used by other groups around the world, mostly in countries which were under French influence such as Vietnam and is still commonly used by Francophones today. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people
In Canada, the term usually designates a constitutionally recognized individual born of an Aboriginal group descended primarily from the marriages of Scottish and French men to Cree, Saulteaux, and Ojibwa women in southern Rupert's Land starting in the late 17th century, and the marriages of French women to Ojibway men starting in Quebec in the middle 17th century . Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw The Saulteaux (also Salteaux and many other variants; ˈsoʊtoʊ are a First Nation in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is the largest group of Native Americans - First Nations Rupert's Land, also sometimes called "Prince Rupert's Land" was a territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, that Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Their constitutional rights are represented by a growing number of organisations in Canada, such as the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) and the United States, including the Métis National Council. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The MNC voices issues (mainly of self-government) directly to the Government of Canada and internationally, but these issues are usually limited to the Métis of the western regions of Canada. Other Canadian organizations serving Métis interests include the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and the newly started Council of Diaspora Métis, an organization serving Métis people living outside of North America, usually within the territory of the European Union. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP is a Canadian aboriginal organization whose stated goal is to represent Canadian aboriginals ( First Nations and The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in
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- Barkwell, Lawrence J. The Basters (also known as Baasters, Rehobothers or Rehoboth Basters) are the descendants of liaisons between the Cape Colony Dutch The Métis are descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibway Algonquin, Saulteaux, and Menominee aboriginals to Europeans, A 19th Century community of the Métis people of Canada, the Anglo-Métis, more commonly known as Countryborn, were children of the fur trade typically Half-caste (or half-cast) is a term used to describe people of mixed race or enthicity , Leah Dorion, and Audreen Hourie. Metis legacy Michif culture, heritage, and folkways. Metis legacy series, v. 2. Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2006. ISBN 0920915809
- Barkwell, Lawrence J. , Leah Dorion and Darren Prefontaine. Metis Legacy: A Historiography and Annotated Bibliography. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications Inc. and Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2001. ISBN 1-894717-03-1
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