Métis in Canada
Subtitle: history, identity, law & politics
By: edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl & Ian Peach
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9780888646408
Subjects: Métis; History; Legal status, laws; Politics and government; Ethnic identity
Description: "These twelve essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, constitutional law, political science, and sociology, who identify the many facets of what it means to be Métis in Canada today. After the Powley decision in 2003, Métis people were no longer conceptually limited to the historical boundaries of the fur trade in Canada. Key ideas explored in this collection include identity, rights, and issues of governance, politics, and economics. The book will be of great interest to scholars in political science and native studies, the legal community, public administrators, government policy advisors, and people seeking to better understand the Métis past and present.

Contributors: Christopher Adams, Gloria Jane Bell, Glen Campbell, Gregg Dahl, Janique Dubois, Tom Flanagan, Liam J. Haggarty, Laura-Lee Kearns, Darren O'Toole, Jeremy Patzer, Ian Peach, Siomonn P. Pulla, Kelly L. Saunders."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic formats.
Table of contents: title: Oscillating identities: re-presentation of Métis in the Great Lakes Area in the nineteenth century  -- Gloria Jane Bell; title: (Re)claiming Métis women identities: three stories and the storyteller  -- Laura-Lee Kearns; title: A half-breed's perspective on being Métis  -- Gregg Dahl; title: From entity to identity to nation:  the ethnogenesis of the Wiisakodewininiway (Bois-Brûlé) reconsidered  -- Darren O'Toole; title: Métis economics : sharing and exchange in Northwest Saskatchewan  -- Liam J. Haggarty; title: Newly discovered writings of Louis Riel  -- Glen Campbell and Tom Flanagan; title: The long, slow road to recognizing Métis rights: Métis aboriginal rights jurisprudence in Canada  -- Ian Peach; title: Even when we're winning, are we losing?  -- Jeremy Patzer; title: No other weapon: Métis rights in Canadian courts  -- Kelly L. Saunders; title: Regional nationalism or national mobilization : a brief social history of the development of Métis political organization in Canada, 1815-2011  -- Siomonn P. Pulla; title: From service providers to decision makers: building a Métis government in Saskatchewan  -- Janique Dubois; title: Government relations and Métis people: using interest group strategies  -- Christopher Adams; title: Conclusion: Métis as a unique, diverse, complex and contingent concept in Canada.