The authors describe the history of subarctic Métis people, and begin by saying that there were approximately 7000 Métis in the Northwest Territories at the time of writing. NWT Métis culture comes from a mix of Red River Métis, Euro-Canadian, Slavey, Gwich’in, Dogrib, Chipewyan and Cree cultures. The first Métis in the NWT region were Hudson’s Bay or North West Company employees in the late 1700s and early 1800s, descendants of French, French-Canadians, and Ojibwa or Cree women.

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Yanik Koosel, Bunny, Ingrid Kritsch and Gordon Lennie. The Fiddle and the Sash: A History of the Métis of the Northwest Territories. Yellowknife: Métis Heritage Association, 1992.