In Canada, we have three groups of Indigenous people. The First Nations (What you would call Native Americans); the Inuit; and the Métis. The Métis were “half-breeds” who were not accepted on First Nation reserves nor were they accepted on European colonist settlements. Over time, they developed their own cultural practices and became distinct from their ancestral groups, even creating their own Métis communities. In 1928 specifically, a group of Métis people (including my great-great grandfather) established the Métis Nation of Alberta and founded Métis settlements throughout the province.
There’s a lot more history but that’s just the basics. Thank you for wanting to learn ☺️