National Michif Conference 2018
April 4 & 5 2018
Delta Bessborough Hotel Saskatoon
Interview with President Clément Chartier
Full Conference Highlights (Approx. 5 mins)
Interview with Clara Morin Dal Col, Minister of Heritage, Families & Culture
Interview with Karon Shmon - Gabriel Dumont Institute
Brief Conference Highlights (Approx. 2 minutes)
Interview with Sharon Parenteau – Louis Riel Institute
Our Michif Stories
At the National Michif Conference held on April 4 & 5 2018 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a number of participants shared their stories around the general theme of “childhood memories”. The interviews include combinations of stories in Michif and in English.
Patsy Millar – St. Laurent, Manitoba
Suzanne Zeke – St. Laurent, Manitoba
Agathe Chartrand - St. Laurent, Manitoba
Lorraine Coutu – St. Laurent, Manitoba
Andrea Rose – St. Laurent, Manitoba
Phil Beaudin – St. Eustache, Manitoba
Debbie Fourgie – St. Eustache, Manitoba
Harvey Pelletier – Foulliard’s Corner, Manitoba
Verna DeMontigny - Foulliard’s Corner, Manitoba
Mervin Fleury - Foulliard’s Corner, Manitoba
George Fleury – Minnedosa, Manitoba
Philip Gladue – British Columbia
Joseph D. Blyan – Lac La Biche, Alberta
George Pelletier – Brandon, Manitoba
Stella Johnson – McLennan, Alberta
Rosemarie McPherson – Duck Bay, Manitoba
Norman Fleury – St. Lazare, Manitoba
Interview with Clara Morin Dal Col, Minister of Heritage, Families & Culture
Interview with President Clément Chartier
Michif Collection - Gabriel Dumont Institute
The Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) works with Michif speakers to preserve and promote the three Michif languages spoken in Saskatchewan: Michif, Michif-French, and Northern Michif. GDI employs sociological conventions when classifying a Michif language: if a Michif person living in Saskatchewan calls their language “Michif,” than the Institute respects their wishes and calls that language “Michif.”
Gabriel Dumont Institute - Northern Saskatchewan Michif Interviews
Explore video clips and transcripts of interviews with Northern Saskatchewan Michif speakers.
Gabriel Dumont Institute - Michif-French Interviews: St. Laurent, Manitoba (1987)
This series of interviews are part of a larger body of interviews conducted by Father Guy Lavallée with the Métis residents of St. Laurent, Manitoba. The traditional language of this community is Michif-French or Métis-French, a very distinct dialect of Canadian French which has Cree and Ojibway syntax. Father Lavallée donated this body of interviews known as the “St. Laurent Oral History Project” to the Gabriel Dumont Institute (credit: Gabriel Dumont Institute)
Conversational Videos - Louis Riel Institute
Louis Riel Institute has produced a number of sample Michif-Cree and Michif-French video. Explore these conversational samples.
Michif-Cree Conversational Videos
Produced by Louis Riel Institute, a collection of conversational videos with Michif-Cree speakers on the following topics:
Medicines and How We Use Them
The Michif Way of Hunting
Ste Madeleine Conversation
Drying Meat, Fish and Berries
The Lost Dog
A Blessing for the Meal
Oh Where oh Where has my Little Dog Gone (song)
Michif-French Conversational Videos
Produced by Louis Riel Institute, a collection of conversational videos with Michif-French speakers on the following topics:
Skinning a Rabbit
Catching Frogs
How to Pluck a Chicken
Ice Fishing
Rooster Eggs