List of Métis people

Historical

Howard Adams, Métis activist, author, and leader
Andre Beauchemin, Métis; First Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Vital (French Party) 1870–1874. In November 1872, Beauchemin offered to resign his seat in the Manitoba assembly so that Riel could be elected in a by-election
Pierre Bottineau, Minnesota frontiersman, surveyor, diplomat and translator
James P. Brady, Métis politician and activist
Pierre Delorme, Métis politician and activist. Elected as a Member of Parliament in 1871, defeated in 1874 and re-elected in 1878^[3]
Gabriel Dumont, Métis military leader during the North-West Rebellion
Cuthbert Grant, Métis political and military leader
James Isbister, was a Canadian Métis leader and he is considered to be the founder of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Thomas McKay, was a Metis farmer and political figure who was the first mayor of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
John Norquay, Métis politician, Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887
Malcolm Norris, Métis politician, activist, and leader. Norris was a founder and the first vice-president of the first Alberta Métis organization (1932) called the Association des Métis d’Alberta et des Territories du Nord-Ouest (Alberta Métis Association). In 1964, he headed the Métis Association of Northern Saskatchewan
Louis Riel, Métis leader who led the Red River Rebellion in 1869 - 1870, the provisional government of Rupert's Land, Manitoba's entry into Confederation in 1870; later led the North-West Rebellion in 1885^[4] Riel was elected three times to the House of Commons for Provencher riding; first, in the general election of 1873, the government subsequently resigned over the Pacific Scandal in November 1873. Riel was reelected in February 1874, then expelled, then ran in the subsequent by-election, was reelected and expelled again^[5]
Guillaume Sayer, a Métis fur trader whose trial was a turning point in the ending of the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) of the fur trade in North America^[6]
Louis Schmidt, Métis politician, Riel's Secretary and, in their youth, Riel's classmate. Born in 1844 he was known as Louis Laferté until Bishop Taché changed it in 1858. Louis Schmidt made the first of numerous petitions on behalf of the Métis' to the federal government over rights to their lands and their call for proper political representation. See Louis Schmidt: A Forgotten Métis in Riel and the Métis Ed. A.S Lussier (1979) Manitoba Métis Federation Press

Architects

Douglas Cardinal, architect; of Métis and Blackfoot ancestry. He designed the Museum of Canadian History and did the building designs for the Oujé-Bougoumou community of the James Bay Cree. This work won the “We the People” United Nations Community Award^[7]

Artists and writers

Keith Barker, playwright
Katherine Boyer, Métis/Settler artist^[8]
Terril Calder, animator and artist
Joe Fafard (artist), Métis artist from Saskatchewan whose work has been featured across Canada and around the world
Sandra Birdsell, daughter of a Métis man and a Russian Mennonite woman; based her award-winning novel Children of the Day in part on her parents' experiences in Manitoba in the 1920s to 1950s
Robert Boyer (1948–2004); Métis Cree artist, best known for his politically charged "Blanket Statements" series of paintings^[9]
Maria Campbell, Métis writer and filmmaker; born in northern Saskatchewan in 1940; brought the struggles of modern-day Métis and Aboriginal people to the public through her breakthrough book, Halfbreed (1973), and the collaborative play, Jessica (1982); captured the sound and song of traditional stories through her work in dialect, Stories of the Road Allowance People (1996)^[10]
Laura de Jonge, Métis family advocate, corporate social responsibility practitioner, filmmaker and magazine founder
Cherie Dimaline, writer, was awarded the Anskohk Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2013
Danis Goulet, filmmaker
George R. D. Goulet, best-selling Métis author; books include The Trial of Louis Riel: Justice and Mercy Denied, The Metis: Memorable Events and Memorable Personalities, and The Métis in British Columbia: From Fur Trade Outposts to Colony
Matthew MacKenzie, playwright
Dylan Miner, Métis printmaker, writer and conceptual artist^[11]
Rick Rivet (born 1949), painter
Gregory Scofield, acclaimed poet, beadwork artist, dramatist, non-fiction writer, activist and educator^[12]
Jesse Thistle, academic and writer
Kamala Todd, community planner, filmmaker, curator
Loretta Todd, filmmaker, producer, cultural theorist
Venus, drag performer
Katherena Vermette, writer
Rhayne Vermette, filmmaker
Christine Welsh, documentary filmmaker and academic

Musicians

Arlette Alcock, musician, songwriter, and social activist
Celeigh Cardinal, singer-songwriter
iskwē, singer-songwriter^[13]
Berk Jodoin, singer-songwriter
Jani Lauzon, musician
Brianna Lizotte, fiddler
Andrea Menard, actress, playwright, and singer
Amanda Rheaume, singer-songwriter
Sister Ray, singer-songwriter
Andrina Turenne, singer-songwriter
Laura Vinson, musician
Ruby Waters, musician

Politicians, activists, lawyers, physicians and judges

André Beauchemin, politician in Manitoba
Rod Bruinooge, member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs & Northern Development, and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
Brian Bowman, mayor of Winnipeg
Thelma J Chalifoux, first Indigenous woman appointed to the Senate of Canada, established Michif Cultural and Resource Institute^[14]
Clément Chartier, president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples
David Chartrand, leader of the Manitoba Metis Federation^[15]
Bertha Clark-Jones, Cree-Métis activist and Royal Canadian Air Force member
Todd Ducharme, first Métis judge appointed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Shelly Glover, member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages
Carole James, leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party
Rick Laliberte, member of Parliament
Glen McCallum, president of Métis Nation—Saskatchewan^[16]^[17]
Bob McLeod, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
D'Arcy McNickle, writer, Native American activist, college professor and administrator, and anthropologist
Gerald Morin, president of the Métis National Council and the Métis Nation—Saskatchewan
Derrick O'Keefe, Rabble.ca editor; Canadian anti-war movement leader
Dan Vandal, member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Services
Muriel Stanley Venne, community leader and Indigenous rights activist
Napoleon Lafontaine, Vice president of the Association of Métis, Non and Status Indians Saskatchewan, aided in the founding of the Gabriel Dumont Institute and is attributed as being the singular person deserving of credit for it by Jim Sinclair^[18]