Defining Métis : Catholic missionaries and the idea of civilization in northwestern Saskatchewan, 1845-1898 /

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""Defining Métis" examines categories used in the latter half of the nineteenth century by Catholic missionaries to describe Indigenous people in what is now northwestern Saskatchewan. It argues that the construction and evolution of these categories reflected missionaries' chan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foran, Timothy P., 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Oblates of Mary Immaculate > Missions > Saskatchewan > History > 19th century.
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1800-1899
Métis > Missions > Saskatchewan > History > 19th century.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Missions
Religion
Saskatchewan > Religion > 19th century.
Saskatchewan
Canada
HISTORY / Native American
Métis, Île-à-la-Crosse, Indigenous, Saskatchewan, Oblates, Catholic Church, Fur Trade, Hudson Bay Company, North West Company
RELIGION / History
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: From sauvage to métis: The Evolution of Missionary-Made Categories at Ã#x8E;le-à -la-Crosse; Chapter 1: Saint-Jean-Baptiste in an Evolving Mission Network; Chapter 2: Oblate Perceptions of the Hudsonâ#x80;#x99;s Bay Company; Chapter 3: Oblates and the Beginnings of Residential Education; Chapter 4: Oblates and the Categorization of Indigeneity; Conclusion: La civilisation moderne: The World Came Seeping In; Acknowledgements.
  • Appendix: The Evolution of a Catholic Mission Network: Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Its Outposts, 1852â#x80;#x93;72Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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