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Metis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan
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Brenda Macdougall
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$85.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 2/22/2010
ISBN: 978-0-7748-1729-5
$34.95 Paperback
Release Date: 7/1/2010
ISBN: 978-0-7748-1730-1
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About the Book
Winner, 2011 Clio Prize – Prairies, Canadian Historical Association
In recent years there has been growing interest in the social and cultural attributes that define the Metis as both Aboriginal and a distinct people. The study of Metis identity formation has also become one of the most innovative ways to explore cultural encounters and change in North American history and anthropology.
In One of the Family,Brenda Macdougall draws on diverse written and oral sources and employs the concept of wahkootowin -- the Cree term for a worldview that privileges family and values relatedness between all beings -- to trace the emergence of a distinct Metis community at Île à la Crosse in northern Saskatchewan. Wahkootowin describes how relationships in the nineteenth century were supposed to work and helps to explain how the Metis negotiated with local economic and religious institutions while creating and nurturing -- through marriage choices and living arrangements, adoption and the selection of godparents, economic decisions and employment -- a society that emphasized family obligation and responsibility.
This path-breaking study showcases how one Metis community created a distinct identity rooted in Aboriginal values about family and shaped by the fur trade and the Roman Catholic Church. It also offers a model for future research and discussion that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the fur trade or Metis culture and identity.
About the Author(s)
Brenda Macdougall is an associate professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Methodology and Sources
Note on Writing Conventions
Introduction
Chapter One
"They are strongly attached to the country of rivers, lakes, and forests": The Social Landscapes of the Northwest
Chapter Two
"The bond that connected one human being to another": Social Construction of the Metis Family
Chapter Three
"To live in the land of my mother": Residency and Patronymic Connections Across the
Northwest
Chapter Four
"After a man has tasted of the comforts of married life this living alone comes pretty tough": Family, Acculturation, and Roman Catholicism
Chapter Five
"The only men obtainable who know the country and Indians are all married": Family, Labour, and the HBC
Chapter Six
"The HalfBreeds of this place always did and always will dance": Competition, Freemen, and Contested Spaces
Chapter Seven
"I Thought it advisable to furnish him": Freemen to Free Traders in the Northwest Fur Trade
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Reviews
"In a meticulously crafted study of the connections between the Metis families of the Sakitawak (Île à la Crosse) region of Saskatchewan, Brenda Macdougall adds richness to a familiar story by extending the focus of her study from the geographic, temporal, and cultural preeminence of Red River in historical discourse."
- Venetia Boehmer-Plotz, Brock University, H-Canada Review, September 2011
"The central concept that underlies this important new book is wahkootowin, 'a worldview linking land, family, and identity in one interconnected web of being.' This original and richly researched work follows four generations of widely connected Metis families in the Île à la Crosse region, illuminating their lives and histories as concrete expressions of this powerful organizing principle learned from their Aboriginal mothers and grandmothers."
-- Jennifer S.H. Brown, FRSC, Professor of History and Director, Centre for Rupert's Land Studies, University of Winnipeg
Sample Chapter
Front Matter and Chapter One
Related Topics
Native Studies
Native Studies > Canada
History
History > Canada
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