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Pushed to the historical and social margins for too long, Eastern Métis reviews the record of these sidelined communities and the effort to reclaim their past. This book is the first-ever scholarly endeavor to trace the emergence and consolidation of Métis identities from the Atlantic Coast to Ontario and beyond.
List of contents
Introduction
Michel Bouchard, Sebastien Malette and Siomonn Pulla
Chapter 1: Symbolic Violence against the "Other Métis": The Making of a New Forgotten People in Canada
Denis Gagnon
Chapter 2: Political Ontologies in Turmoil: Métis "Neo-Nationalism" and the "Other Métis"
Sebastien Malette
Chapter 3: The Languages of the Métis in Canada
Robert Papen
Chapter 4: Situating Nova Scotia Métis Identities in a Colonial Past
Katie MacLeod
Chapter 5: The Acadian Métis on the Geographic and Social Margins
Seán O'Connell
Chapter 6: Métissage and Métis Identity in the Gaspé Peninsula: From Its Origins to the 1886 Paspébiac Riots
Emmanuel Michaux
Chapter 7: Undercoat Communities: The Geohistorical Scaling of Métis Identity in the EastÉtienne RivardChapter 8: "The Lowest Race of Any in Canada": Mitifs from the Fur Trade and the Voyageurs Parishes of St. Lawrence ValleyGuillaume MarcotteChapter 9: Understanding the Impacts of a Transitional and Mixed Regional Economy on the Emergence of the Historic Métis of MattawaSiomonn PullaChapter 10 : The Voyageur Métis of Penetanguishene: An Examination of the Ethnohistory of the Métis in OntarioMichel Bouchard and Tiana MagerChapter 11: The Story of French Canadian Métis Voyageur Joseph Dussault in the Pacific NorthwestChristine ElseyChapter 12: The Case of Maxim Cormier and the Unrecognized Acadian Métis: Between Criminalization and Group Lateral Violence
Jo-Anne Muise Lawless and Sebastien Malette
Chapter 13: "This Hero of Whom the Metis Nation at Large Must Be Proud": Private Patrick Riel of Maniwaki
Sebastien Malette and Guillaume Marcotte
Index
About the Authors
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Edited by Michel Bouchard; Sébastien Malette and Siomonn Pulla - Contributions by Michel Bouchard; Christine Elsey; Denis Gagnon; Katie K. MacLeod; Tiana Mager; Sébastien Malette; Guillaume Marcotte; Emmanuel Michaux; Jo-Anne Muise Lawless; Seán O'Connell
Summary
Pushed to the historical and social margins for too long, Eastern Métis reviews the record of these sidelined communities and the effort to reclaim their past. This book is the first-ever scholarly endeavor to trace the emergence and consolidation of Métis identities from the Atlantic Coast to Ontario and beyond.
