One of the family : Metis culture in nineteenth-century northwestern Saskatchewan / Brenda Macdougall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macdougall, Brenda, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Saskatchewan--History--19th century.

Catholic Church.

Métis--Saskatchewan--Ile-a-la-Crosse--History--19th century.

Métis.

Métis--Kinship--Saskatchewan--Ile-a-la-Crosse--History--19th century.

Métis--Saskatchewan--Ile-a-la-Crosse--Social life and customs--19th century.

Métis--Saskatchewan--Ile-a-la-Crosse--Ethnic identity.

Fur trade--Saskatchewan--History--19th century.

Fur trade.

Ile-à-la-Crosse (Sask.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Ile-à-la-Crosse (Sask.).

Ile-à-la-Crosse (Sask.)--Church history--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (xxii, 335 p.) : ill., digital file.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.

Summary:

In recent years there has been growing interest in identifying the social and cultural attributes that define the Metis as both Aboriginal and a distinct people. The study of Metis identity formation has also emerged as an innovative way to explore cultural encounters and change in North American history and anthropology. In One of the Family Brenda Macdougall employs the concept of wahkootowin � the Cree term for a worldview that privileges family and values interconnectedness � to trace the emergence of a Metis community in northern Saskatchewan. Wahkootowin describes how relationships in the nineteenth century were supposed to work and helps to explain how the Metis negotiated with fur trade companies and the Roman Catholic Church while nurturing a society that emphasized family obligation and responsibility. This path-breaking study 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.

Contents:

They are strongly attached to the country of rivers, lakes, and forests : the social landscapes of the northwest

The bond that connected one human being to another : social construction of the Metis family

To live in the land of my mother : residency and patronymic connections across the Northwest

After a man has tasted of the comforts of married life this living alone comes pretty tough : family, acculturation, and Roman Catholicism

The only men obtainable who know the country and Indians are still married : family, labour, and the HBC

The Halfbreeds of this place always did and always will dance : competition, freemen, and contested spaces

I thought it advisable to furnish him : freemen to free traders in the Northwest fur trade.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-311) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-33543-3

9786613335432

0-7748-1731-3

OCLC:

758652468