Title: A social history of the Manitoba Metis /
Authors: Pelletier, E.
Publisher: Manitoba Metis Federation Press,
Year: 1974
Subjects: Indians of North America Mixed descent Manitoba.; Indians of North America Industries Manitoba.; Indians of North America Canada Government relations.; Métis Industries.; Métis Government relations
Abstract: Includes chapters on traditional work activities of the Metis such as trapping, fishing, hunting, maple sugaring, lime making, wild rice and seneca root growing, salt mining, finger weaving.
Contents: 1. Explorers, Traders and Settlers -- 2. Trapping -- 3. Hunting the Buffalo -- 4. Fishing -- 5. Maple Sugaring -- 6. Lime and Limestone -- 7. Wild Rice -- 8. Seneca Root -- 9. Metis as Salt Miners -- 10. Finger Weaving -- 11. The Question of Aboriginal Rights.