Early Years Métis  Resources

Weaving-Social-Studies-K1.pdf

K/1 Métis Sash (weaving) unit created by North Vancouver School District (has SK relevance)

refers to My  Métis Sash by Leah Dorion

My Métis Sash (L3)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

A Métis New Year (L 12)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

A Red River Cart (L16)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

Giving Thanks (L 10)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

I Can Bead (L8)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

Métis People Travel! (L6)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

Ways To Carry A Métis Baby (L18)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

Two Métis Vests (L14)

Leah Marie Dorion

Part of Strong Readers Métis Series

Available in French

Strong Readers Métis  Series Bundle (6 copies of each of the previous  8 titles) 

1 copy of each of the previous 8 titles are available at the SRPSD TRC

Fiddle Dancer

Anne Patton & Wilfred Burton

Call of the Fiddle

Wilfred Burton & Anne Patton

Dancing In My Bones

sequel to Fiddle Dancer

Wilfred Burton & Anne Patton

Also available in a shortened version (but still the great story) in a             board book 


Relatives with Roots

Leah Marie Dorion

Roogaroo Mickey

Wilfred Burton

My First Métis Lobstick

Leah Marie Dorion

Road Allowance Kitten

Wilfred Burton


Métis Camp Circle:  A Bison Culture Way of Life

Leah Marie Dorion


Métis Christmas Mittens

Leah Marie Dorion

Métis Clothing Theme:

The Sash 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level A

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Metis Beadwork Theme:

Can You See Flowers?

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level A

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)


Metis Beadwork Theme:

I Spy Flower Beadwork 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level D

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)


Metis Beadwork Theme:

Maria Beads a Flower

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level G

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)


Métis Clothing Theme:

All About the Sash 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level I

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Clothing Theme:

Time to Dance 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level D

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Identity Theme: 

Batoche Cheerleader 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level G

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Identity Theme: 

We are Métis 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level B

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Identity Theme: 

Back to Batoche Days 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level E

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Dancing Theme: 

The Métis Star Dance 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level l

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Dancing Theme: 

Dancing Shapes 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level B

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Dancing Theme: 

Métis Dance Shapes 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level F

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Food Theme: 

Making Beignes With Kohkum 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level F

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Food Theme: 

Bang! Beigne! 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level A

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Food Theme: 

What Do You Like On Your Beignes? 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level D

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Metis Food Theme:

Yummy, Yummy in My Tummy 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level C

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Metis Food Theme:

Rababoo Stew For Lunch 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level H

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Metis Food Theme:

What’s For Lunch?

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level E

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Music:-Fiddle: 

The Fiddle Competition 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level H

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Music:-Fiddle: 

Squeak Squawk 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level C

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)


Métis Music:-Fiddle: 

Andy Learns to Fiddle 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level E

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Symbols and Celebrations Theme: 

Let’s Make a Métis Flag Pin 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level H

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Symbols and Celebrations Theme: 

Where is the Métis Flag? 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level C

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)


Métis Symbols and Celebrations Theme:

 High in the Sky 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level G

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Traditional Storytelling:

 Is There a Roogaroo in You? 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level l

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Traditional Storytelling:

 Where’s the Roogaroo?

 Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level B

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Métis Traditional Storytelling:

 Do You Believe in Roogaroos? 

Wilfred Burton &  Angela Caron 

 Taanishi Books Emergent Readers Series Level F

Available in Michif

(Translated by Norman Fleury)

Taanishi Books

Emergent Readers Series

This levelled reader set contains 27 books under 9 different themes, all relating to Métis culture. Each book has a level from A to I, word counts, cultural connections, and a lesson plan. 

The Giving Tree

A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story

Leah Dorion