[4] Riel Beach is located off the settlement and is a tourist attraction where one is able to fish and boat.

[5] There is a recreational facility that offers numerous activities throughout the year, trails to ride bicycles, snowmobiles, and skis to sightsee the hills and lakes.

[7] Originally, it was European and Aboriginal people who came from Edmonton to Fishing Lake in 1807 and others from Fort Chipewyan in 1819.

[9] The fur trade and the whitefish is significant to their name Packechawanis, meaning a small place for netting attracted others to the land where Métis people settled.

They feel connected to their environment like the lakes and wildlife as they have relied on this in the early centuries.

[10] The Métis Settlement Act occurred in 1990 which gave way for these people to govern and manage their own land.

[10] In 1885, the Métis people were getting their territory taken away from them, which led them to unite with First Nation allies against the North West Field Force.

[12] This battle resulted in the end of the 1885 North-West Resistance and displaced the Métis people to different locations.

[17] Fishing Lake Métis Settlement has a warm summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb).

Michif was used by the members of an independent community, which made it harder to trace and this meant that there were not many who knew about this language.

[26] The cover of the graphic novel Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection by Hope Nicholson is designed by Stephen.