Author: Douglas N. Sprague
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Contains 100 page introduction outlining the development of the Red River Metis and their dispersal in what is now Saskatchewan, Alberta and the NWT. Also contains 300 pages of tabular material related to marriage units, employment records, personal and real property in 1835 and 1870, as well as geographical location of Red River residences of whatever ancestry.
The Genealogy of the First Metis Nation
Author: Douglas N. Sprague
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Contains 100 page introduction outlining the development of the Red River Metis and their dispersal in what is now Saskatchewan, Alberta and the NWT. Also contains 300 pages of tabular material related to marriage units, employment records, personal and real property in 1835 and 1870, as well as geographical location of Red River residences of whatever ancestry.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Contains 100 page introduction outlining the development of the Red River Metis and their dispersal in what is now Saskatchewan, Alberta and the NWT. Also contains 300 pages of tabular material related to marriage units, employment records, personal and real property in 1835 and 1870, as well as geographical location of Red River residences of whatever ancestry.
Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885
Author: D.N. Sprague
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 1554587913
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
“In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act.... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorny, tax sales—any number of stratgems could be used, and were—to see that the land intended for the Métis and their families went to others. All branches of the government participated. It is a shameful tale, but one that must be told.” — from the foreword by Thomas R. Berger
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 1554587913
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
“In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act.... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorny, tax sales—any number of stratgems could be used, and were—to see that the land intended for the Métis and their families went to others. All branches of the government participated. It is a shameful tale, but one that must be told.” — from the foreword by Thomas R. Berger
Distorted Descent
Author: Darryl Leroux
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887555942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined “Indigenous” identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies, or the multi-generational efforts to reconnect that occur in response. Rather, it is about white, French-descendant people discovering an Indigenous ancestor born 300 to 375 years ago through genealogy and using that ancestor as the sole basis for an eventual shift into an “Indigenous” identity today. After setting out the most common genealogical practices that facilitate race shifting, Leroux examines two of the most prominent self-identified “Indigenous” organizations currently operating in Quebec. Both organizations have their origins in committed opposition to Indigenous land and territorial negotiations, and both encourage the use of suspect genealogical practices. Distorted Descent brings to light to how these claims to an “Indigenous” identity are then used politically to oppose actual, living Indigenous peoples, exposing along the way the shifting politics of whiteness, white settler colonialism, and white supremacy.
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887555942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined “Indigenous” identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies, or the multi-generational efforts to reconnect that occur in response. Rather, it is about white, French-descendant people discovering an Indigenous ancestor born 300 to 375 years ago through genealogy and using that ancestor as the sole basis for an eventual shift into an “Indigenous” identity today. After setting out the most common genealogical practices that facilitate race shifting, Leroux examines two of the most prominent self-identified “Indigenous” organizations currently operating in Quebec. Both organizations have their origins in committed opposition to Indigenous land and territorial negotiations, and both encourage the use of suspect genealogical practices. Distorted Descent brings to light to how these claims to an “Indigenous” identity are then used politically to oppose actual, living Indigenous peoples, exposing along the way the shifting politics of whiteness, white settler colonialism, and white supremacy.
The People who Own Themselves
Author: Heather Devine
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1552381153
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
With a unique how-to appendix for Metis genealogical reconstruction, this book will be of interest to Metis wanting to research their own genealogy and to scholars engaged in the reconstruction of Metis ethnic identity. The search for a Metis identity and what constitutes that identity is a key issue facing many aboriginals of mixed ancestry today. This book reconstructs 250 years of the Desjarlais' family history across a substantial area of North America, from colonial Louisiana, the St. Louis, Missouri, region and the American Southwest to the Red River and central Alberta. In the course of tracing the Desjarlais family, social, economic and political factors influencing the development of various Aboriginal ethnic identities are discussed. With intriguing details about the Desjarlais family members, this book offers new, original insights into the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, focusing on kinship as a motivating factor in the outcome of events.
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1552381153
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
With a unique how-to appendix for Metis genealogical reconstruction, this book will be of interest to Metis wanting to research their own genealogy and to scholars engaged in the reconstruction of Metis ethnic identity. The search for a Metis identity and what constitutes that identity is a key issue facing many aboriginals of mixed ancestry today. This book reconstructs 250 years of the Desjarlais' family history across a substantial area of North America, from colonial Louisiana, the St. Louis, Missouri, region and the American Southwest to the Red River and central Alberta. In the course of tracing the Desjarlais family, social, economic and political factors influencing the development of various Aboriginal ethnic identities are discussed. With intriguing details about the Desjarlais family members, this book offers new, original insights into the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, focusing on kinship as a motivating factor in the outcome of events.
The First Metis
Author: Dr. Anne Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Finding Your Metis Ancestors
Author: Larry S. Watson
Publisher: HISTREE
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher: HISTREE
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Métis in Canada
Author: Christopher Adams
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 0888646402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
Twelve essays look at Canadian Métis today in terms of history, identity, law, and politics.
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 0888646402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
Twelve essays look at Canadian Métis today in terms of history, identity, law, and politics.
Eastern Métis
Author: Michel Bouchard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793605440
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
In Eastern Métis, Michel Bouchard, Sébastien Malette, and Siomonn Pulla demonstrate the historical and social evidence for the origins and continued existence of Métis communities across Ontario, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes as well as the West. Contributors to this edited collection explore archival and historical records that challenge narratives which exclude the possibility of Métis communities and identities in central and eastern Canada. Taking a continental rhizomatic approach, this book provides a rich and nuanced view of what it means to be Métis.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793605440
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
In Eastern Métis, Michel Bouchard, Sébastien Malette, and Siomonn Pulla demonstrate the historical and social evidence for the origins and continued existence of Métis communities across Ontario, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes as well as the West. Contributors to this edited collection explore archival and historical records that challenge narratives which exclude the possibility of Métis communities and identities in central and eastern Canada. Taking a continental rhizomatic approach, this book provides a rich and nuanced view of what it means to be Métis.
The New Peoples
Author: Jacqueline Peterson
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873514088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A collection of essays on the Metis Native americans by various authors.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873514088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A collection of essays on the Metis Native americans by various authors.
Rooster Town
Author: Evelyn Peters
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887555667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coule. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg endured from 1901 to 1961. Those years in Winnipeg were characterized by the twin pressures of depression, and inflation, chronic housing shortages, and a spotty social support network. At the city’s edge, Rooster Town grew without city services as rural Métis arrived to participate in the urban economy and build their own houses while keeping Métis culture and community as a central part of their lives. In other growing settler cities, the Indigenous experience was largely characterized by removal and confinement. But the continuing presence of Métis living and working in the city, and the establishment of Rooster Town itself, made the Winnipeg experience unique. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, whose residents existed unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, while navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887555667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coule. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg endured from 1901 to 1961. Those years in Winnipeg were characterized by the twin pressures of depression, and inflation, chronic housing shortages, and a spotty social support network. At the city’s edge, Rooster Town grew without city services as rural Métis arrived to participate in the urban economy and build their own houses while keeping Métis culture and community as a central part of their lives. In other growing settler cities, the Indigenous experience was largely characterized by removal and confinement. But the continuing presence of Métis living and working in the city, and the establishment of Rooster Town itself, made the Winnipeg experience unique. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, whose residents existed unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, while navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.