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Author Macdougall, Brenda, 1969-

Title One of the family : Metis culture in nineteenth-century northwestern Saskatchewan / Brenda Macdougall.

Publication Info. Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 335 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents They are strongly attached to the country of rivers, lakes, and forests : the social landscapes of the northwest -- The bond that connected one human being to another : social construction of the Metis family -- To live in the land of my mother : residency and patronymic connections across the Northwest -- After a man has tasted of the comforts of married life this living alone comes pretty tough : family, acculturation, and Roman Catholicism -- The only men obtainable who know the country and Indians are still married : family, labour, and the HBC -- The Halfbreeds of this place always did and always will dance : competition, freemen, and contested spaces -- I thought it advisable to furnish him : freemen to free traders in the Northwest fur trade.
Summary Employs a sophisticated theoretical framework and diverse sources to trace the birth and growth of a Metis community in northern Saskatchewan.
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Subject Catholic Church -- Saskatchewan -- History -- 19th century.
Catholic Church.
Saskatchewan.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Église catholique -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Métis -- Saskatchewan -- Ile-à-la-Crosse -- History -- 19th century.
Métis.
Saskatchewan -- Ile-à-la-Crosse.
Métis -- Kinship -- Saskatchewan -- Ile-à-la-Crosse -- History -- 19th century.
Métis -- Saskatchewan -- Ile-à-la-Crosse -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Métis -- Saskatchewan -- Ile-à-la-Crosse -- Ethnic identity.
Manners and customs.
Fur trade -- Saskatchewan -- History -- 19th century.
Ethnicity.
Ile-à-la-Crosse (Sask.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Ile-à-la-Crosse (Sask.) -- Church history -- 19th century.
Fur trade.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Métis -- Ethnic identity.
Métis -- Social life and customs.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Macdougall, Brenda, 1969- One of the family. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2010 0774817291 (DLC) 2010513536 (OCoLC)427676459
ISBN 9780774817318 (electronic book)
0774817313 (electronic book)
1283335433
9781283335430
0774817305
9780774817301
9780774817295 (acid-free paper)