@article {24627,
	title = {Ethnic discourse in Alberta: Land and the M{\'e}tis in the Ewing Commission},
	volume = {17},
	year = {1985},
	note = {Academic journal article},
	publisher = {Canadian Ethnic Studies},
	abstract = {After possession of M{\'e}tis land was transferred to the Alberta provincial government, the M{\'e}tis, who were suffering from the economic depression of the period, organized and pressured the provincial government to guarantee their rights to the land within which they could work out a transition from their traditional lifestyle to an agricultural one more integrated with white society. The Ewing Commission, created in 1934 by Alberta to investigate problems of M{\'e}tis health, education, and welfare, absorbed this movement. The commission recast the political protest into an investigation of the failures of M{\'e}tis society and possible reform options. Testimony before the commission revealed white stereotypes of M{\'e}tis, but the commission concluded for its own reasons that land should be guaranteed for the M{\'e}tis.},
	keywords = {Ewing Commission, land tenures, legislative investigations, M{\'e}tis, traditional land use },
	author = {Hatt, Ken}
}
