Cover
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Métis Origins: Discovery and Interpretation
From "One Nation" in the Northeast to "New Nation" in the Northwest: A look at the emergence of the métis
Many roads to Red River: Métis genesis in the Great Lakes region, 1680–1815
Some questions and perspectives on the problem of métis roots
Part II: Communities in Diversity
The métis and mixed-bloods of Rupert's Land before 1870
Waiting for a day that never comes: The dispossessed métis of Montana
Treaty No. 9 and fur trade company families: Northeastern Ontario's halfbreeds, Indians, petitioners and métis
Grande Cache: The historic development of an indigenous Alberta métis population
Part III: Diasporas and Questions of Identity
"Unacquainted with the laws of the civilized world": American attitudes toward the métis communities in the Old Northwest
Diverging identities: The Presbyterian métis of St. Gabriel Street, Montreal
"What if Mama is an Indian?": The cultural ambivalence of the Alexander Ross family
Part IV: Cultural Life
In search of métis art
What is Michif?: Language in the métis tradition
Afterword
Contributors
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