Talk:Metis in the United States

message: Please ensure changes to this article follow Wikipedia guidelines. For example, if you are going to make a claim that many Métis groups exist, you need to include a source that supports that claim. Also, Wikipedia is not a place to include personal essays. If you want to encourage people to contact their local political representative, do so on your website, not here. --Kmsiever 21:37, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Contributing to this article

message: Dear Sir/ Madame,
I understand what you are saying about the personal opinion, but seriously, did you really have to delete ALL of the sources which I had put? They are REAL sources which can help people in their quest to find who they are.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Royalty90 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: First, there were no sources used in the article to support any of the claims made. Second, Wikipedia isn't about helping "people in their quest to find who they are"; it's about providing factual, verifiable information. --Kmsiever 17:27, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Some of them might be acceptable as external links, as long as they are mainly informative and not about political advocacy. Asarelah 03:39, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: EXACTLY! That is what I mean! Thank you! Hereditary Prince Richard 05:30, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Understanding

message: Canadian history books often discuss the Metis communities along the Sun River in Montana (where Louis Riel lived for several years, see article on him) and at Pembina in what is now North Dakota (which was as big as Metis settlements at Red River, see article on this). Can anyone provide any history on these Metis communities in the states on this page?
- Wyldkat October 19, 2007
:Take a look at Chippewa-Cree and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.  It seems to me that where the Metis existed as distinct communities, they were absorbed by the prairie Ojibwe tribes.  The novels of Louise Erdrich give a fascinating story of the Pembina/Red River area south of the 49th.  Of course, there were plenty of Metis(usually traders) among the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi around the Great Lakes.  Their descendants are found absorbed into those Native communities or in the surrounding white communities oftentimes identifying as "French-Canadian" or simply "Canadian."   Really though, I question the need for a separate Metis people (USA) article given that by and large, they have the same origins and history.Leo1410 (talk) 02:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: What happened to the historical American Metis communities?

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