Eastern Metis - Chronicling and Reclaiming a Denied Past

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

Chapter 1: Symbolic Violence against the "Other Métis": The Making of a New Forgotten People in Canada
Chapter 2: Political Ontologies in Turmoil: Métis "Neo-Nationalism" and the "Other Métis"
Chapter 3: The Languages of the Métis in Canada
Chapter 4: Situating Nova Scotia Métis Identities in a Colonial Past
Chapter 5: The Acadian Métis on the Geographic and Social Margins
Chapter 6: Métissage and Métis Identity in the Gaspé Peninsula: From Its
Origins to the 1886 Paspébiac Riots
Chapter 7: Undercoat Communities: The Geohistorical Scaling of Métis Identity in the East
Chapter 8: "The Lowest Race of Any in Canada": Mitifs from the Fur Trade and the Voyageurs Parishes of St. Lawrence Valley
Chapter 9: Understanding the Impacts of a Transitional and Mixed Regional Economy on the Emergence of the Historic Métis of Mattawa
Chapter 10 : The Voyageur Métis of Penetanguishene: An Examination of the Ethnohistory of the Métis in Ontario
Chapter 11: The Story of French Canadian Métis Voyageur Joseph Dussault in the Pacific Northwest
Chapter 12: The Case of Maxim Cormier and the Unrecognized Acadian Métis: Between Criminalization and Group Lateral Violence
Chapter 13: "This Hero of Whom the Metis Nation at Large Must Be Proud": Private Patrick Riel of Maniwaki

About the author

Michel Bouchard is professor of anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Sébastien Malette is associate professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa.
Siomonn Pulla is associate professor in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Royal Roads University.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michel Malette Bouchard
• Assisted by: Michel Bouchard (Editor), Bouchard Michel (Editor), Sebastien Malette (Editor), Sébastien Malette (Editor), Siomonn Pulla (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781793605450
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-545-0
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Canada, North America, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / North America, HISTORY / Canada / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas, North America (USA and Canada), Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Relating to Native American people / First Americans