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The Gabriel Dumont Institute offers many services, predominantly in teaching post-secondary skills, that support Saskatchewan’s Métis and non-status Indian people. Their publishing department’s mandate is to produce teaching and aboriginal language materials, to pursue contemporary and historical research of Métis history and culture, and to distribute that information to the public. Besides their 29 titles in print, they also produce the Journal of Indigenous Studies.

The Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) was officially created in 1980 by members of the Association of Métis and Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan. The institute was established as a means for Métis and Non-Status Indian people to develop their post-secondary skills while strengthening their Aboriginal identity and culture. The Institute has become the sole educational representative of Saskatchewan’s Métis people, though GDI is open to all Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. The publishing department was officially established in 1985, though the Institute had been producing titles before that point.

GDI Publishing is located at:
505-23rd Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7K 4K7

Books Published

Pictoral History of the Metis and Non-Status Indians in Saskatchewan. Gabriel Dumont Institute, 1976.

The One-And-A-Half Men. Murray Dobbin, 1981.

Le Mariage Metis. Gabriel Dumont Institute, 1985.

Metis Development in the Canadian West Series. Calvin Racette, 1985:

- Contrasting Worlds.

- Changing Times.

- Petitioning for Rights.

- Conflicting Patterns.

- Ending an Era.

Metis Historical Development Series. Joanne Pelletier, 1985:

- The Skirmish at Seven Oaks.

- The Red River Insurgence 1869-70.

- The North-West Resistance of 1885.

- Louis Riel.

- Gabriel Dumont.

- The Buffalo Hunt.

Fifty Historical Vignettes. Don McLean, 1987.

The Flags of the Metis. Calvin Racette, 1987.

Home from the Hill. Don McLean, 1987.

The Flower Beadwork People. Sherry Farrell Racette, 1991.

The Alfred Reading Series. Darrell Pelletier, 1992:

- Alfred’s First Day at School.

- Alfred’s Summer.

- The Big Storm.

- The Pow Wow.

- Lisa and Sam.

Canadian Historical Atlas of Aboriginal Settlement. Gabriel Dumont Institute, 1992.

Metis Songs: Visiting was the Metis Way. Lynn Whidden, 1993.

Remembrances: Interviews with Metis Veterans. Dave Hutchinson & Anne Dorion, 1997.

Sasquatch Exterminator. Don Freed, 1999.

Resources for Metis Researchers. Lawrence J. Barkwell, Leah Dorion, Darren R. Prefontaine, 1999.

Changes. Penny Condon, 2000.