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Metis
Metis (Jupiter XVI) The innermost of the known jovian planets, discovered in 1979. It orbits inside the main ring of
Jupiter (it is a moom); it and Adrastea may be the source of the material comprising the ring. Metis has a diameter of 40 (±20) km; mass 9.56 × 10
16 kg; mean distance from Jupiter 128 000 km.
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Metis Consultation Plays Key Role In Land Use And Natural Resource Development Planning.(Brief article)
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 9/2/2009; 700+ words
; Metis consultation and accommodation is emerging as an increasingly...development planning. Without a solid understanding of who the Metis are, how they are governed and how Metis rights-bearing communities are identified, proponents run...
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Metis land claims: Alberta's Metis settlements.
Magazine article from: LawNow; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...them all, and a culture dies. Worthy Metis organizations now exist nationally and...Each struggles to maintain and advance Metis culture. Only in the Province of Alberta...legislature created a land base for the resident Metis population. This article will outline...
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Metis enjoy same hunting rights as do other Aboriginal people.
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 8/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...all Aboriginal peoples in Canada. To the Metis, harvesting is a vital part of their culture...passed on from generation to generation. Metis people all across Canada have been harvesting...ceremonial purposes. In the early 1800s, the Metis established the first documented method...
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Metis National Council tries to define Metis.(Canadians of mixed European and Native descent)
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...again about who has the right to call themselves Metis. The reasoning expressed by leaders in the...remarkably similar ring to it. The "real" Metis are in the West. But wait, the "real" Metis are in the East. Each claims a heritage going...
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Metis dance used as a method of storytelling; Raven's eye: special section providing news from BC & Yukon.(RAVEN'S EYE)
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...oral tradition from the rich culture of Metis, heritage. Comedian and musician, Winston...historian from St. Laurent Manitoba. Metis poet Greg Scofield recited his poetry and...guitar and keyboard, the Louis Riel Metis Dancers of Vni Dansi performed a traditional...
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"Metis Nation" recognized as distinct group.
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...making was struck on May 31 when representatives for the Metis National Council (MNC) and Canada became signatories...negotiation rather than litigation for the recognition of Metis rights. The Metis Nation Framework Agreement (MNFA) recognizes that...
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Metis bag hunting right
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 1/9/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...provincial court judge dismissed charges against a Metis hunter Thursday, handing Manitoba's Metis people a huge victory in their bid for constitutional recognition. The decision gives Metis people the right to hunt without a provincial...
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Metis win Saskatchewan harvesting rights case
Magazine article from: Saskatchewan Sage; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; SASKATOON -- The Metis Nation has won another landmark hunting...Kalenith ruled that Ron Laviolette, a Metis man from the Meadow Lake area, has a right...first in Saskatchewan to recognize the Metis right to subsistence harvesting under Sec...
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Metis harvesting rights upheld in Ontario court. (News).
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...landmark Powley hunting rights case, and upheld the Metis right to hunt and fish for food as of Feb. 23. "February 23rd is an historic day that all Metis will mark on their calendars," said Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Tony Belcourt...
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Reporting Metis in urban centres on the 1996 census.
Magazine article from: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Census data to look at the reporting patterns of the Metis population in selected Canadian urban centres. On...the 1996 Census, people could self-identify as Metis and/or report Metis ethnic origins. Quite often, due to time and space...
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Metis of Western Canada
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Metis of Western Canada ETHNONYMS: Bois Brul...Orientation Identification. Scholars use metis, originally a French term meaning "mixed...historical fur trade communities. These metis communities were distinct from indigenous...
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Northern Metis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Northern Metis Most of the Northern Metis live in the lower Mackenzie River region in the Mackenzie District...recent years combined to give them a sense of social identity as Metis. They are of a comparatively recent origin as a group, most...
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Metis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Metis The innermost known satellite of Jupiter...tops, and within Jupiter's main ring. Metis is noticeably elongated, 60 ...Adrastea , particles knocked off the surface of Metis by micrometeoroid impacts probably contribute...
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Zeus
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...that Cronus had swallowed. He befriended Metis, who was either a Titaness or an ocean nymph. Metis devised a potion to make Cronus vomit up his...s loves and children vary somewhat, but Metis is usually listed as his first partner or...
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Jupiter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the four innermost satellites—Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. The...coating of sulfur particles ejected from Io. Metis (diameter: 25 mi/40 km), Adrastea...to earth by the Voyager 1 space probe. Metis and Adrastea orbit close to Jupiter's...
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