William Albert Boucher This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. mmf.mb.ca

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   Published on: 11/23/2007   Last Visited: 11/23/2007

   1957: William Albert Boucher became the first 20th century Metis appointed to the Canadian Senate on January 3, 1957. Previously, he was elected to parliament as the M.P. from Rosthern, Saskatchewan in the by-election of October 25, 1948. He was re-elected in the general election of 1949.
   
   1963: Metis novelist and historian D'AcNickle (1904-1977) became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1963, the first Metis to receive this honour. Later, he was to serve as the founding director of the Newberry Library's Center for the History of the American Indian, which was later named after him as the D'Arcy McNickle Center.

2. 2. Manitoba Metis Federation - Metis Firsts in North America

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   Published on: 4/4/2007   Last Visited: 1/27/2008

   1957: William Albert Boucher became the first 20th century Metis appointed to the Canadian Senate on January 3, 1957. Previously, he was elected to parliament as the M.P. from Rosthern, Saskatchewan in the by-election of October 25, 1948. He was re-elected in the general election of 1949.
   
   1963: Metis novelist and historian D'AcNickle (1904-1977) became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1963, the first Metis to receive this honour. Later, he was to serve as the founding director of the Newberry Library's Center for the History of the American Indian, which was later named after him as the D'Arcy McNickle Center.