Introduction “Métis” is the term used by white people in Canada to designate native people born of native lineage; Ex: The Métis are the descendants of the marriage between the French, the Amerindians and the indigenous people of Canada. The word “métis” means “to mix”. Canada's various indigenous tribes were homogenized by European colonizers as part of the process of conversion to Christianity. The whites imposed their tradition and their culture on the aborigines who had diverse and varied rituals, customs and traditions. Even the Canadian justice system was biased and applied different laws to natives and whites. The native cannot enjoy his rituals, cannot drink and spend his time rejoicing; if they are, they are subject to punishment, whereas a non-native is not. Residential schools posed another threat to Native people. The children of the natives are forcibly admitted to these schools run by missionaries under the pretext of imparting education to them, perfecting them in their native identity and transforming them into better humans. Ironically, this program of social purification, proposed by the "white man's burden", serves as a pretext for the brutal exploitation of the natives of their ethnicity as well as moral well-being; some are subjected to sexual gratification by school authorities. Parents who lose their children to such civilizing agencies fall into the dark abyss of alienation and despair and take refuge in alcohol and drugs. Women are attacked and pushed into prostitution. Indigenous writers express these issues through their literary and artistic works which demonstrate a strong sense of reclaiming their mother tongue/language that was seized from them: I...... middle of paper...... yth. New Delhi: Penguin, 2005. Print. Kudchedkar, Shirin and Jameela Begum A., eds. Canadian Voices. Delhi: Pencraft International, 1996. Print. Moses, Daniel David and Terry Goldie, eds. An anthology of Canadian Aboriginal literature in English. Toronto: OUP, 1992. Print. Nowlan, Michael O. Themes in Canadian Literature: Canadian Myths and Legends. Canada: Macmillan, 1977. Print. Segal, Robert A. Theorizing myth. United States: Book Crafters, 1999. Print.---. Myth: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, Vol. I-IV. New York and London: Routledge, 2007. Print.Strauss, Levi. Myth and meaning. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. Print.---.Anthropology and myth: Lectures 1951-1982.Trans. Roy Willis. Oxford and New York: BasilBlackwell, 1987. Print.Thomas, P. Epics, Myths and Legends of India. Bombay: DBTaraporewala and Sons, 1961.Print.