Dion, Dionne, Blandion | Metis, Cree, Iroquois Mixed-heritage | Surname Anchor Post

Index:  Indigenous, Metis & Mixed-Heritage Surname Anchor Posts

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Each of these posts is dedicated to one surname that is carried by someone connected to indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage people in Canada.  Please be aware that it’s a synthesis of the information I’ve collected in my personal research throughout the years and is by no means complete!

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SURNAME NOTES  |  DION, DION, BLANDION

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• Surname lists: Surname Anchor Posts, Metis [ON]
• Regions:  Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Saskatchewan
• Ethnicity:  Metis, Cree. Iroquois Mixed-heritage
• Associated surnames:   Atkinson, Bellerose, Blayonne, Berland / Breland, Boucher, Buffalo, Cardinal, Carriere, Craddock, Cutknife, Dauphinais, Desjardins, Desharlais / Okannes, Four Eyes, Gariepy, Gaucher, Jenkins, Klyne, L’Hirondelle, Malaterre, Migneault, Monsalew, Moreau, Morin, Patenaude, Petit-Couteau, Picard. Piyesimwop, Primeau, Rain, Sioui, Surprenant, Therien, Tremblay, Wabiscaw, Whitford, Young, Youg Chief.
• Misc.: –  1. The 1885 North-West Resistance by the Metis and the Cree, Kainai, Piikani, Saulteaux and Siksika peoples took place against a backdrop of starvation, broken treaties and encroachment by new settlers in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The resistance fighters eventually lost and Canada’s federal government asserted its control over the area. Virginie Blandion and her husband Charles Saluste Gariepy were involved in the Resistance. [Source: Veterans and Families of the 1885  Northwest Resistance, Lawrence Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute]. See External Links  below for more information. 

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CENSUS DISTRICTS  |  DION, DIONNE, BLANDION

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ALBERTA

Battle River | Indian Reserve (1921)

Territories | St. Pierre f-4 (1901)

Territories | Two Lakes (1901)

Victoria  |  Cold Lake (1911)

MANITOBA

Provencher  |  La Broquerie e-4  

QUEBEC

Caughnawaga Census 1921 | Households 1 – 20

Caughnawaga I.R. | Iroquois, Mohawk (1921)

SASKATCHEWAN

The Territories  | Egg Lake (1901)

The Territories  | Muskeg Lake (1901)

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MARRIAGES  |  DION, DIONNE, BLANDION

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ASAI [CDN Marriage Extracts]

BAST [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [AB]  

BLAN [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB-MB-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

BRAS    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB] 

C …    [CDN Marriage Extracts]

CARI   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

COON    [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB-ON]

D … [CDN Marriage Extracts] [QC]

DELM     [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB-ON-SK-QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

F …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]

G  …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

JACQ   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB]

LESO    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]

MICE [CDN Marriage Extracts] [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

MOBE   [CDN Marriage Extracts [AB-ON] 

PETE    [CDN Marriage Extracts] [QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

PIGE   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

R  …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]

W  …  [CDN Marriage Extracts] [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

WHE– Z   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [SK-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

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RELATED POSTS  |   DION, DIONNE, BLANDION

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INDEXES

Main Index: Canadian Census Extracts by Region & by Nation

Index: Canadian Marriage Extracts in Alphabetical Order

Index: First Nations and Metis Surname Lists

OTHER POSTS

News of Chief Joseph’s Death (1881)

Six Nations Modern Surnames

French Canadian Pioneers: The Dions of Quebec

EXTERNAL LINKS

Ogima Wabaska Black Powder Blandion

Veterans and Families of the 1885  Northwest Resistance [Louis Riel Institute] Blandion

North-West Resistance [The Canadian Encyclopedia] Blandion