The Metis and the Land in Alberta : Land Claims Research Project, 1979-1980
Title | The Metis and the Land in Alberta : Land Claims Research Project, 1979-1980 PDF eBook |
Author | Metis Association of Alberta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Métis |
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The Metis and the Land in Alberta
Title | The Metis and the Land in Alberta PDF eBook |
Author | Metis Association of Alberta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
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Collection of articles giving an historical overview of Metis migration and settlement in Alberta.
Metis Land Rights in Alberta
Title | Metis Land Rights in Alberta PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Sawchuk |
Publisher | Metis Association of Alberta |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Social Science |
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This handbook gives you an insight into some of the struggles that the Metis people have faced in the past and the incentive to continue striving to attain a more fulfiling life.
Origins of the Alberta Metis
Title | Origins of the Alberta Metis PDF eBook |
Author | Metis Association of Alberta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 485 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Métis |
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Report from a contract with the Department of Indians Affairs to provide factual information of the nature of potential landclaims within Alberta by the Metis. There are three parts: I.A collection of essays, II. Field work report and III. Appendices, including community profiles of Fort Chipewyan, Fort Vermilion, Lac La Biche, and Peace River.
From New Peoples to New Nations
Title | From New Peoples to New Nations PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard J. Ens |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 700 |
Release | 2016-01-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442621508 |
From New Peoples to New Nations is a broad historical account of the emergence of the Metis as distinct peoples in North America over the last three hundred years. Examining the cultural, economic, and political strategies through which communities define their boundaries, Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk trace the invention and reinvention of Metis identity from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Their work updates, rethinks, and integrates the many disparate aspects of Metis historiography, providing the first comprehensive narrative of Metis identity in more than fifty years. Based on extensive archival materials, interviews, oral histories, ethnographic research, and first-hand working knowledge of Metis political organizations, From New Peoples to New Nations addresses the long and complex history of Metis identity from the Battle of Seven Oaks to today’s legal and political debates.
Metis
Title | Metis PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Diane Harrison |
Publisher | |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
History of the Metis people in Canada.
From Treaties to Reserves
Title | From Treaties to Reserves PDF eBook |
Author | D.J. Hall |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2015-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0773597697 |
Though some believe that the Indian treaties of the 1870s achieved a unity of purpose between the Canadian government and First Nations, in From Treaties to Reserves D.J. Hall asserts that - as a result of profound cultural differences - each side interpreted the negotiations differently, leading to conflict and an acute sense of betrayal when neither group accomplished what the other had asked. Hall explores the original intentions behind the government's policies, illustrates their attempts at cooperation, and clarifies their actions. While the government believed that the Aboriginal peoples of what is now southern and central Alberta desired rapid change, the First Nations, in contrast, believed that the government was committed to supporting the preservation of their culture while they adapted to change. Government policies intended to motivate backfired, leading instead to poverty, starvation, and cultural restriction. Many policies were also culturally insensitive, revealing misconceptions of Aboriginal people as lazy and over-dependent on government rations. Yet the first two decades of reserve life still witnessed most First Nations people participating in reserve economies, many of the first generation of reserve-born children graduated from schools with some improved ability to cope with reserve life, and there was also more positive cooperation between government and First Nations people than is commonly acknowledged. The Indian treaties of the 1870s meant very different things to government officials and First Nations. Rethinking the interaction between the two groups, From Treaties to Reserves elucidates the complexities of this relationship.