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The Amelia Douglas Institute (ADI) is the centre for Métis culture and language in British Columbia. Navigate through this website to learn more about Métis arts, history, and language.
Amelia, Lady Douglas (née Connolly; 1 January 1812 – 8 January 1890) was a Métis woman significant in the early history of Canada as the wife of the first governor of the Colony of British Columbia. Born to a French-Irish trapper and his Cree wife, she spent her early childhood moving frequently between fur trading stations in ...
Amelia Douglas was one of the founding mothers of British Columbia - and one of the most well-known women in fur trade society. She was born at Fort Churchill to a furtrader of Irish and French Canadian ancestry called William Connolly, and his Cree wife Miyo Nipiy.
Amelia Douglas, née Connolly, was a prominent Indigenous woman in colonial Victoria.She was born on 1 January 1812 to HBC Chief Factor William Connolly and Cree Miyo Nipiy. 1 In her childhood, Amelia Connolly was referred to by the Cree as ápihtawikosán (“mixed-blood”) and by the Europeans and British as “half-breed;” however her skin was much lighter than other “mixed-blood ...
When James Douglas was knighted in 1863, the shy and modest Amelia became Lady Douglas. Sir James died in 1877 and Lady Douglas lived a quiet life until she passed away in 1890 at the age of 78. The remaining Douglas family then consisted of her four daughters, 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Of their 13 children, only 6 survived ...
The Amelia Douglas Institute aims to support all three Michif languages. On this page, we share language resources for Northern, Southern, and Michif French.
10 de dic. de 2021 · Surrey, BC (December 10, 2021) – Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) has unveiled the name of the new made-in-BC Métis Culture and Language Institute, the Amelia Douglas Institute for Métis Culture and Language. The decision to choose Ameila Douglas was one MNBC was very deliberate about.
