Underfunded and unstudied: The need for Red River Métis health research funding

Despite ongoing oppression by the settler state, the Red River Métis are often overlooked in federal settlement agreements involving Canada’s colonial past. (Shutterstock)

This year marks 139 years since the execution of Louis Riel by the Canadian government at the North-West Mounted Police barracks in Regina, Sask.

Much of Canada understands Red River Métis identity as connected to Riel. However we remember a complex Prairie history prior and following the resistances that our people are known for.