Metis in the Canadian West
Author : Marcel Giraud
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888642875
Author : Marcel Giraud
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888642875
Author : Jean Teillet
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443450133
There is a missing chapter in the narrative of Canada's Indigenous peoples--the story of the Métis Nation, a new Indigenous people descended from both First Nations and Europeans Their story begins in the last decade of the eighteenth century in the Canadian North-West. Within twenty years the Métis proclaimed themselves a nation and won their first battle. Within forty years they were famous throughout North America for their military skills, their nomadic life and their buffalo hunts. The Métis Nation didn't just drift slowly into the Canadian consciousness in the early 1800s; it burst onto the scene fully formed. The Métis were flamboyant, defiant, loud and definitely not noble savages. They were nomads with a very different way of being in the world--always on the move, very much in the moment, passionate and fierce. They were romantics and visionaries with big dreams. They battled continuously--for recognition, for their lands and for their rights and freedoms. In 1870 and 1885, led by the iconic Louis Riel, they fought back when Canada took their lands. These acts of resistance became defining moments in Canadian history, with implications that reverberate to this day: Western alienation, Indigenous rights and the French/English divide. After being defeated at the Battle of Batoche in 1885, the Métis lived in hiding for twenty years. But early in the twentieth century, they determined to hide no more and began a long, successful fight back into the Canadian consciousness. The Métis people are now recognized in Canada as a distinct Indigenous nation. Written by the great-grandniece of Louis Riel, this popular and engaging history of "forgotten people" tells the story up to the present era of national reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. 2019 marks the 175th anniversary of Louis Riel's birthday (October 22, 1844)
Author : Marcel Giraud
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author : Jacqueline Peterson
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 1985-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 088755038X
Leading Canadian and American scholars explore the dimension and meaning of the intermingling of European and Native American peoples.
Author : Holly Quan
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 16,69 MB
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781894974745
These tales of bravery, courage and decisive action in times of terrible conflict are the stories of heroes. Although the lives of the Native chiefs and famous Métis featured in this book were often tinged with sadness and loss, they were also an inspiration. Full of adventures and battles, these tales ultimately tell of the negotiations, broken promises and harsh realities of the changing face of the West.
Author : Patrick C. Douaud
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889771994
This book contains a collection of articles concerning the Western Metis, published in Prairie Forum between 1978 and 2007. These articles have been chosen for the breadth and scope of the investigations upon which they are based, and for the reflections they will arouse in anyone interested in Western Canadian history and politics.
Author : Thomas Flanagan
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 39,67 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802082824
This book sparked national controversy when it was first published in 1983. Updated to include recent developments, such as native rights and land claims, the cultural mythology that surrounds Riel, and the recent campaign to have him pardoned.
Author : D.N. Sprague
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 1988-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0889209588
“In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act.... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorny, tax sales—any number of stratgems could be used, and were—to see that the land intended for the Métis and their families went to others. All branches of the government participated. It is a shameful tale, but one that must be told.” — from the foreword by Thomas R. Berger
Author : D. Bruce Sealey
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Traces the history of the Metis from their origin through to a Golden Age when they ruled western Canada, through two rebellions to their resurgence today.
Author : Lorry W. Felske
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Canada (ouest)
ISBN : 1552381404
Challenging Frontiers: The Canadian West is a multidisciplinary study using critical essays as well as creative writing to explore the conceptions of the "West," both past and present. Considering topics such as ranching, immigration, art and architecture, as well as globalization and the spread of technology, these articles inform the reader of the historical frontier and its mythology, while also challenging and reassessing conventional analysis.