每年11月份举行的国家美提斯周是在路易·黎尔日（11月16日）周围的一周举行的。路易·黎尔日是为了纪念和表彰黎尔在加拿大西部红河和西北抵抗中领导美提斯人民所展示的领导力和勇气。

美提斯人是加拿大宪法上三个承认的土著群体之一，他们的祖先是欧洲人和土著人的混合。美提斯人拥有独特的文化和语言，以及共同的历史和许多亲属关系。

路易·黎尔是一位美提斯政治领导人，他不知疲倦地战斗，以保护美提斯人的权利和文化。他领导加拿大西部的美提斯人民进行了两次反抗，后一次导致他于1885年11月16日被绞死。黎尔经常被称为马尼托巴省的创始人，他也被认为是联邦制度的贡献者之一。

为了使教育工作者能够在课堂上传播这些知识，土著教育团队在过去几周举办了两次学习会。在第一次学习会中，CBE教育工作者普雷斯顿·哈皮分享了美提斯知识系统（认知方式）的历史、力量、多样性和严谨性；在第二次学习会中，Rupertsland学院的比利-乔·格兰特和卡尔加里大学的伊冯·波特拉斯·普拉特博士分享了可以帮助教育工作者加深自己以及学生对美提斯人的学习的挑战和资源。这些资源可以在土著教育 Insite页面（员工专用）找到。

*照片由珍妮特·约翰斯顿学校和尼伊特西塔皮学习中心提供。

​National Métis Week is held annually in November in the week surrounding Louis Riel Day (Nov 16). Louis Riel Day is observed to remember and honour Riel’s leadership and bravery in leading the Métis people of western Canada during the Red River and North-West Resistance.

The Métis are one of three constitutionally recognized groups of Indigenous people in Canada whose ancestral roots are a combination of European and Indigenous. The Métis have a distinct culture and language as well as a shared history and many kin relations.

Louis Riel was a Métis political leader who fought tirelessly to preserve Métis rights and culture. He led the Métis people of western Canada in two resistances against the dominion, with the latter resulting in his hanging on November 16, 1885. Often referred to as the founder of the province of Manitoba, Riel is also credited with being one of the contributors of Confederation.

To prepare educators to lift this knowledge in their classrooms, the Indigenous Education Team held two learning sessions in the past few weeks. In the first, CBE educator Preston Huppie shared the history, strength, diversity, and rigor of Métis knowledge systems (ways of knowing); and in the second, Billie-Jo Grant from the Rupertsland Institute and Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt from the University of Calgary shared provocations and resources that can support educators in deepening their own learning and the learning of their students regarding the Métis. These resources can be found on the Indigenous Education insite page (for staff) 

*Photos courtesy of Janet Johnstone School and Niitsitapi Learning Centre