THE WESTERN CREE (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) Archange L'Hirondelle c1806-1891


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History Notes on Archange L'Hirondelle Brissette, c1806-1891, Cree Metis from Lesser Slave Lake; retired Penetanguishan, Ontario. Mixed raw data and narrative history. Genealogy. 156 pag




The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak) - Jacques Cardinal: Voyageur and Mountain Man


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"Jacques was a 'Canadian' --that is a French Canadian or French-speaking Metis from east of Manitoba-- employee of the North West Company ... In 1800 he was at Rocky Mountain House with David Thompson, and was the Cardinal who was one of Thompson's boat crew for some years ..."--Introduction.




Metis Dictionary of Biography


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Alberta History: AFFILIATIONS GUIDE TO PEOPLE IN THE PAST


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This is a listing of the tribal, band, group and/or geographic affiliations of persons recorded in western Canadian history. This coding is used in all our publications and in the Heritage Databank website www.inewhist.com. It is a shorthand that allows researchers to quickly identify where a person was, who he/she was affiliated with, and how these affiliations changed over time. It also allows for better identification of and distinction between peoples of the same name. For those who do extensive research, it is a mnemonic device that allows for quick recollection of facts associated with that person and that group.




Gens Libres


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Revised and expanded to include fresh research, a discussion of recent interpretive trends, and a review of new literature since the publication of the first edition in 1990, The Free People - Li Gens Libres is a comprehensive history of the Métis community and national historic site of Batoche, Saskatchewan. The Free People is one of the few studies on Métis communities in western and northern Canada, and is the culmination of more than twenty years of documentary and field research as a participant-observer within the community.




Metis Legacy


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Focuses on the Métis in Canada but also includes some articles and annotated references on the Métis in the United States.




Cypress Hills Metis Hunting Brigade


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"This monograph documents the Metis men and women of the Cypress Hills Metis Hunting Brigade of the 1870s. This group petitioned the Canadian government for a reserve in 1878. The ancestors of this group were the Metis who fought in the Battle of Seven Oaks (1816) and in the Battle of the Grand Coteau (1851). The proposed reserve was to be 50 miles in width (north-south) and 120 miles in length running westward beginning where the Pembina River crosses the border from Canada into the USA."--




The First Metis


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Legends of Our Times


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Based on research conducted for the Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibition Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and Plateaus, this volume describes the many aspects of Native cowboy culture, including the spiritual and cultural dimensions, ranching life, and rodeo and associated entertainment. Abundantly illustrated with superb historical and contemporary photographs. Distributed by University of Washington Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Gender and Hide Production


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Hide production is one of the oldest crafts known to humans. Yet this is the first volume to critically explore the gendered nature of this universal activity amongst hunters-gatherers for its meaning in craft production, status, identity and cultural change. Using ethnoarchaeological and archaeological examples from North America and Africa, the authors provide new insights of the gendered nature of human behavior.