People who own themselves : aboriginal ethnogenesis in a Canadian family, 1660-1900 /

With a unique how-to appendix for Metis genealogical reconstruction, this book will be of interest to Metis wanting to research their own genealogy and to scholars engaged in the reconstruction of Metis ethnic identity. The search for a Metis identity and what constitutes that identity is a key issu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Devine, Heather
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Calgary, Alta. : Lancaster : University of Calgary Press ; Gazelle, ©2004.
Temas:
Desjarlais (Famille)
Métis > Canada > Biography.
Métis > Canada > History.
Métis > Identité ethnique > Canada.
Métis > Canada > Généalogies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Native American.
Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Métis.
Canada.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Approaching the stories of the Desjarlais family: methods and goals
  • The social contexts of Europe and new France
  • From the St. Lawrence to St. Louis: the Desjarlais migration to the Mississippi and beyond
  • The emergence of freemen in Rupert's land
  • Migration and retrenchment: 1821-1869
  • Treaties and rebellion
  • Some difficult choices: the Desjarlais after 1885
  • The people who own themselves.

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