Metis Explained
Metis or Métis may refer to:
Ethnic groups
- Metis, mixed race persons in Gabon and elsewhere in francophone Africa
- Métis, recognized Indigenous communities in Canada and America whose distinct culture and language emerged after early intermarriage between First Nations peoples and early European settlers, primarily French fur trappers
- Métis in Canada are a recognized Indigenous nation, descended from specific First Nations peoples and early European settlers, and who trace their lineage to the Métis Homeland. Métis people are a nation with distinct cultural practices and language.
- Métis in the United States are also a specific cultural community, with a recognized culture, lineage and homeland, and not just any "mixed" people
Organizations in Canada
Organizations with "Metis" or "Métis" in their names. May or may not have the same criteria for membership
Other
Places
- Grand-Métis, Quebec, Canada
- Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada
- Saint-Paul-des-Métis, now St. Paul, Alberta, Canada
- Metis Shoal, the tip of a submarine volcano in Tonga
- Metiş, a village in Mihăileni, Sibiu, Romania
- Metis Island in Antarctica
Other uses
- 9 Metis, an asteroid
- 9K115 Metis, a Russian anti–tank missile system
- 9K115-2 Metis-M, a Russian anti–tank missile system
- Metis (American musician) (fl. 21st century), American rapper
- Metis (theorem prover), an automated theorem prover
- Metis (Japanese musician) (born 1984), Japanese reggae singer
- Metis (moon), the innermost and fastest-moving of Jupiter's known moons
- Metis (mythology), an Oceanid and the first wife of Zeus
- Metis (software), business modeling software
- Metis (software), integrated cloud-based system provided by Oracle for Home Office
- METIS, a software package for graph partitioning
- Metis TransPacific Airlines, a Canadian airline based in Vancouver
- Metis (holothurian), or Actinopyga, a genus of sea cucumbers
- Metis (Character), a playable character from Persona 3 FES
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