Putting down roots : M̌tis agency, land use, and women's food labour in a Qu'Appelle Valley road allowance community / Cheryl Troupe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Troupe, Cheryl, 1972- author.

Contributor:

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Series:

paskwāwi masinahikewina/Prairie writing ; 2.

paskwāwi masinahikewina/Prairie writing ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Métis women--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Métis women.

Métis women--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Métis women--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Métis women--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Women in agriculture--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--History--19th century.

Women in agriculture.

Women in agriculture--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--History--20th century.

Land use--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--History--19th century.

Land use.

Land use--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--History--20th century.

Métis--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Métis.

Métis--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2025]

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 "Down There in the Valley": Introducing Bob and Margaret

Chapter 2 Daughters of the Country: Women's Labour in the M̌tis World

Chapter 3 Petitioning for Rights and Taking Up Agriculture

Chapter 4 Asserting Sovereignty to Secure Land

Chapter 5 Securing Land Tenure: North-West Half-Breed Scrip and Homesteading

Chapter 6 "We Got Our House Built by Seneca Roots": Life on the Road Allowance

Chapter 7 Going Hunting Rabbits: Women's Labour in Feeding the Family

Chapter 8 Contesting Government Intervention into Harvesting Spaces

Chapter 9 "This Is a Michif Road": M̌tis Labour and Relief

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 19, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Troupe, Cheryl, 1972- Putting down roots.

ISBN:

9781772841046

9781772841053

1772841048

1772841056

Publisher Number:

40032765111

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.