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The free people = Li gens libres : a history of the Métis community of Batoche, Saskatchewan /
"Revised and expanded to include new research, a discussion of new 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, S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Creole Francés |
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Calgary :
University of Calgary Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Parks and heritage series ;
12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Society and culture : social organization and family ; customs and traditions ; social issues ; relations with First Nations ; relations with settlers
- 2. The Metis and the Roman Catholic church : cultures in conflict ; 1885: the Riel factor ; the general and the priests ; relations after 1885
- 3. Political activism : St. Laurent Council and territorial government era ; a national feast day, a flag, an anthem ; the last stand: armed resistance ; Metis rights after 1885
- 4. Economy : the early commerce: fur trade, buffalo hunt, freighting, and other enterprises ; merchant trading ; the later years
- 5. Land claims on the south Saskatchewan River : customary landholding and the Manitoba precedent ; aboriginal land claims through scrip in 1886 and 1889-1900
- 6. Hard times and coming of age : Batouche since the 1930s : women's work and more ; off to war ; political resurgence and growth ; cultural revival and renewal.