Michif Language Resources
Learn Michif with the help of these fun, interactive resources!
Resources
RLI AR App
Access the Michif Alphabet or the Language Portals to interact with Michif vocabulary and dialects across the Métis Nation homeland!
Michif App Flashcards
Download the complete set of printable cards. Card sets available for purchase are coming soon!
RCTL Activity Book
Download these activity pages designed by Métis artisan Connie Kulhavy and RLI's K-12 Education Team.
Michif Colours Design Booklet
Download this PowerPoint file to print colouring pages designed by Métis artisan Connie Kulhavy and RLI's K-12 Education Team
Michif Colours
Play this matching game to learn Northern Michif and Heritage Michif.
Lesson Plans
Available for various grade levels, use these lesson plans to teach Michif in your classroom.
Indigenous Languages Experience (ILE) Series - By Region
Region 1: Michif Colouring Book
A great supplemental resource for early elementary students to continue their conversations about identity, and more specifically, Métis identity
Region 1: Activity Book
Enjoy these activity pages designed by Métis artisan Connie Kulhavy and Rupertsland Institute’s K-12
Education Team
Region 1: Michif Colours Design Booklet
Download the PowerPoint and Use the DRAW tool to colour in the pictures!
Region 2: Land-Based Learning Camp
This land-based learning camp involves learning experientially in a modern context, and weaving Métis ways of knowing and being into spaces for new generations of children to understand Métis language and culture.
Region 3: Medicine Walk
Cree and Michif languages pass down lessons, stories, traditions and more between generations. From Region Three of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Melanie Lapp,
walks with Métis educator, Preston Huppie, to discuss such stories and knowledge.
Region 4: Métis Culture Afterschool Program
This overview describes the successful six week program, including program insights.
Region 4: Feedback & Photo Collection
See these photos of completed crafts by Métis learners.
Region 5: Métis Beading Workshop
Introducing Michif inspires youth to embrace and engage with their language in school and beyond. This overview includes the link to the workshop.
Region 6: Métis Kokum Mary Colouring Book
This overview includes reflections on the colouring book and a link to the relevant Indigenous Language Experiences video for region 6.
Region 6: Métis Kokum Mary Colouring Book
This colouring book was created to share the
Indigenous language experiences of the Métis
peoples in Alberta