GDI is a Saskatchewan-based educational, employment and cultural institute serving Métis across the province
The Gabriel Dumont Institute Métis Culture and Heritage Department has been at the forefront to preserve and promote the three Michif languages—Southern Michif, Northern Michif, and Michif-French—spoken in Saskatchewan for several decades. The Department strives to work with culture keepers and language experts to produce Michif resources for the community and schools. No Métis institution has produced more Michif-language resources than the Gabriel Dumont Institute. We also continue to identify and interview Michif speakers for the purposes of banking the languages.
The Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture has a large amount of Michif content, including oral histories in three Michif languages: Southern Michif, Northern Michif, and Michif-French.
The Virtual Museum also includes a Heritage (Southern) Michif dictionary and phrase primer, which contains over 11,500 words and 500 phrases, translated and narrated by Michif language expert Norman Fleury. This resource is also available as an Android app and Apple app.
The Virtual Museum has a Northern Michif Dictionary which contains over 18,000 words, translated and narrated by Northern Michif language expert Vince Ahenakew. This resource is also available as an Android app and Apple App.
Nearly all of the Gabriel Dumont Institute Press’s children’s books are available in a Michif language with many containing links to downloadable audio components. A PDF list of all Michif resources produced by the Gabriel Dumont Institute Métis Culture and Heritage Department/Gabriel Dumont Institute Press can be found here: https://gdins.org/me/uploads/2026/02/GDI-Michif-Resource-List-Feb-2026.pdf. Michif-language books published by the Gabriel Dumont Institute Press are available to purchase at https://gdins.org/shop-gdi/.
GDI is a Saskatchewan-based educational, employment and cultural institute serving Métis across the province
