A People and a Nation
New Directions in Contemporary Metis Studies
Published on 5. April 2023
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-0-7748-6506-7 (ISBN)
Description
In A People and a Nation, the authors, most of whom are themselves Metis, offer readers a set of lenses through which to consider the complexity of historical and contemporary Metis nationhood and peoplehood. The field of Metis Studies has been afflicted by a longstanding tendency to situate Metis within deeply racialized contexts, and/or by an overwhelming focus on the nineteenth century. This volume challenges the pervasive racialization of Metis studies with multidisciplinary chapters on identity, history, politics, literature, spirituality, religion, and kinship networks, reorienting the conversation toward Metis experiences today. In the process, this timely collection dismantles the narrow notions that continue to shape political, legal, and social understanding of Metis existence, and convincingly demonstrates a more robust approach to Metis studies that centres Metis peoplehood and nationhood.
Reviews / Votes
This is an important text, which has been carefully edited to bring disparate voices together in a way that creates a resonance. - Lyle Ford, University of Manitoba Libraries (Prairie History) This is a timely, potentially paradigm-shifting book. - B. F. R. Edwards (CHOICE Connect)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-6506-7 (9780774865067)
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Persons
Jennifer Adese (otipemisiwak/Metis) is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She is co-editor, with Robert Alexander Innes, of Indigenous Celebrity: Indigenous Entanglements with Fame. Her work has appeared in Studies in American Indian Literature (SAIL), American Indian Quarterly (AIQ), Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society (DIES), MediaTropes, TOPIA, PUBLIC - ART, CULTURE, IDEAS, along with a number of edited collections. Chris Andersen (Metis) is the dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. He is the author of the award-winning "Metis": Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood, and, with Maggie Walter, co-author of Indigenous Statistics: A Quantitative Indigenous Methodology. He co-edited, with Jean O'Brien, Sources and Methods in Indigenous Studies
Contributors: Paul L. Gareau, Adam Gaudry, Robert L.A. Hancock, Robert Alexander Innes, June Scudeler, Jesse Thistle, and Daniel Voth
Contributors: Paul L. Gareau, Adam Gaudry, Robert L.A. Hancock, Robert Alexander Innes, June Scudeler, Jesse Thistle, and Daniel Voth
Content
Introduction: A New Era of Metis Studies Scholarship / Chris Andersen and Jennifer Adese
1 Peoplehood and the Nation Form: Core Concepts for a Critical Metis Studies / Chris Andersen
2 The Power of Peoplehood: Reimagining Metis Relationships, Research, and Responsibilities / Robert L.A. Hancock
3 The Race Question in Canada and the Politics of Racial Mixing / Daniel Voth
4 Challenging a Racist Fiction: A Closer Look at Metis-First Nations Relations / Robert Alexander Innes
5 Restoring the Balance: Metis Women and Contemporary Nationalist Political Organizing / Jennifer Adese
6 Alcide Morrissette: Oral Histories of a Metis Man on the Prairies in the Mid-Twentieth Century / Jesse Thistle
7 "We're Still Here and Metis:" Rewriting the 1885 Resistance in Marilyn Dumont's The Pemmican Eaters / June Scudeler
8 Mary and the Metis: Religion as a Site for New Insight in Metis Studies / Paul L. Gareau
9 Building the Field of Metis Studies: Toward Transformative and Empowering Metis Scholarship / Adam Gaudry
List of Contributors; Index
1 Peoplehood and the Nation Form: Core Concepts for a Critical Metis Studies / Chris Andersen
2 The Power of Peoplehood: Reimagining Metis Relationships, Research, and Responsibilities / Robert L.A. Hancock
3 The Race Question in Canada and the Politics of Racial Mixing / Daniel Voth
4 Challenging a Racist Fiction: A Closer Look at Metis-First Nations Relations / Robert Alexander Innes
5 Restoring the Balance: Metis Women and Contemporary Nationalist Political Organizing / Jennifer Adese
6 Alcide Morrissette: Oral Histories of a Metis Man on the Prairies in the Mid-Twentieth Century / Jesse Thistle
7 "We're Still Here and Metis:" Rewriting the 1885 Resistance in Marilyn Dumont's The Pemmican Eaters / June Scudeler
8 Mary and the Metis: Religion as a Site for New Insight in Metis Studies / Paul L. Gareau
9 Building the Field of Metis Studies: Toward Transformative and Empowering Metis Scholarship / Adam Gaudry
List of Contributors; Index