“We Know Who We Are”: Reflections on Métis Youth Identity, Health and Well-Being

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to gain insight into the ways in which Métis youth describe, understand, and express their identity and how this relates to their overall health and well-being. There has been a lack of opportunity for Métis to identify and control depictions of themselves. As part of a larger intergenerational digital storytelling research project, this research undertook a community-engaged, arts and strengths-based approach using semi-structured interviews and digital stories with Métis from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta to understand how they have come to understand what it means to be Métis today in Canada. The findings of this study reaffirm an explicit connection between Métis youth identity and their overall health and well-being.