The Métis people of Eastern Ontario's Ottawa Valley region have been locally called:
"Métis-Algonquin" or "Algonkin-Métis", having both Métis and Algonquin ancestors.
"Bois-Brulés", meaning having skin the brown colour of "burnt wood".
"French-Algonquin" or "French-Algonkin" or "French-Indian".
"Chicots" = in French referring to "a stump of dry wood".
"Mixed-blood" or "Half-breed" or "Part-Native".