Songs Upon the Rivers
The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Across to the Pacific
Published on 29. September 2016
444 pages
978-1-77186-093-2 (ISBN)
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Uncover the untold story of French-Canadians and Métis in North America. Before the iconic figures of American Western expansion, French settlers and voyagers charted a course through the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and Pacific Northwest. Songs Upon the Rivers reveals their crucial role in shaping the continent's history. Robert Foxcurran, Michel Bouchard, and Sébastien Malette delve into primary sources to illuminate the alliances between early French settlers and Indigenous nations. Explore the cultural exchange, Métis identity, and the forces that shaped a unique historical narrative. This book offers a fresh perspective on the exploration of North America. For academics, historians, and anyone captivated by the intertwined histories of French-Canadians, Métis people, and the exploration of North America, this book provides: A compelling alternative to popular historical accounts A detailed exploration of cultural interactions and identity formation A deeper understanding of the forces that shaped the American West
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Michel Bouchard | Robert Foxcurran | Sebastien Malette
Songs Upon the Rivers
The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Metis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Note to the reader
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Astor, Irving and the Canadiens
- CHAPTER 1
- Writing History, Burying the Past
- Writing History
- The Mythic West
- Emergence of a Canadien and Métis National Identity
- The Canadien and Métis Settlements of the Pacific Northwest
- The Iroquois Freemen
- The Contested Northwest or the Northwest Contested?
- The Fur Trade and the Pacific Northwest
- The HBC's Fort Vancouver and its Cosmopolitan Village
- HBC's Fort Colville at Kettle Falls
- HBC and Indigenous Relations in the Pacific Northwest
- The Chinook Jargon (or Chinuk Wawa)
- French as Lingua Franca
- From Fort to Settlement
- Relocation and War
- CHAPTER 2
- The French Empire and the First Métis of the Old Northwest
- A Different Sort of Colonial Empire
- The Catholic Iroquois of the St. Lawrence
- Le Pays d'en Haut
- The Métis Become Established in the Old Northwest - Through 1715
- France Clamps Down on the Coureurs de Bois
- Canadien: Une Nouvelle Nation
- The Canadien of the Old Northwest: 1715-1765
- Partition of the Pays d'en Haut Along the Mississippi
- Post-Conquest Demographics
- Détroit to Detroit
- A Refuge for French Colonists is Established West of the Mississippi
- The Choice: Assimilation or Removal
- CHAPTER 3
- Accommodation in the Middle Groun. From the Pays d'en Haut to Illinoisand Michigan Territory (1670-1818)
- A Mobile People of Dubious Loyalty
- The Fascinating Montours
- Marie Rouensa and Kaskaskia
- Between Conquest and Revolution: Migration of the Canadien
- Marie Madeleine Réaume
- Detroit: The Canadien City
- Life in Detroit Under British Rule
- The Early Settlements of Southeastern Michigan Territory
- Un Village des Canadiens: Ecorse, Michigan
- Michigan Territory Established (1805), the Canadiens Remain
- William Hull, the First Territorial Governor of a Bilingual Michigan 1805-1812
- The War of 1812 in Michigan Territory
- CHAPTER 4
- Michigan Territory From the War of 1812 to Statehood in 1837
- Post War Reconstruction: Frenchtown and Father Gabriel Richard
- Peace Consolidated
- A Priest Goes to Congress
- Legacies and Themes in the History of Michigan Territory
- Tocqueville and the Canadiens of the Pays d'en Haut
- The Canadiens and the Fur Trade in Tocqueville's Account
- Removal and Resistance
- The Western Great Lakes and Looming Statehood
- Amending Treaties, Forceful Relocation
- CHAPTER 5
- La Haute-Louisiane and the Far West
- The French in New Spain
- Bridging East and West: Prelude to the Louisiana Purchase
- St. Louis, a French Citadel, Capital of Upper Louisiana
- The American Annexation of Upper Louisiana as Recounted by Stoddard
- Cape Girardeau from Girardot to Lorimier and Stoddard
- The American Fur Trade
- Jean-Jacques Audubon and Edwin Thompson Denig
- Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
- Slavery and the Fur Trade
- A Family Enterprise on the Missouri: The Chouteau Family
- Canadien Merchants, across the Mississippi and Beyond
- Philipe de Trobriand and the Dakotas
- CHAPTER 6
- The Fur Trade and the Métisof the New Northwest
- Two Accounts: One French, One English
- Coureurs des bois
- Français to Canadien
- Conquest
- Life in the Fur Trade Era
- Warring Companies
- The Lard Eaters
- The Voyageurs Sail the Pacific
- Daily Life
- C'est l'aviron qui nous mène
- Voyageur Clothing
- Les Bois-Brulés
- The Iroquois
- Conflict and Warfare
- Marriage and Alliance
- The Massacre of Seven Oaks as Precursor of Change
- CHAPTER 7
- The Black Robes Return
- The American Catholic Church at the Dawn of the Nineteenth Century
- The Catholic Church's Role in the Conquest of the Old Northwest
- The Catholic Church on the Midwestern Frontier
- The Role of the Catholic Church in the Conquest of the Southwest
- The Settling of the Pacific Northwest
- Missionary Work among Native Americans
- The Catholic Church Reaches the Pacific Northwest
- Catholic versus Protestant Methodologies - Literacy and the Book
- The Flatheads, Nez Percé, and Iroquois
- Fathers Blanchet and Demers Reach the Pacific
- Father De Smet Answers the Call
- West of the Cascades
- De Smet Sweeps through the Middle Columbia and McLoughlin Converts
- De Smet Returns: 1843-45
- The Sequel
- CHAPTER 8
- The March to Statehood
- In Search of a Place to Settle Down
- Oregon, Canada or Somewhere In Between
- Quebec's Lasting Footprint
- On The Eve of Partition
- CHAPTER 9
- The Politics of Becoming
- Binary Politics. The Historical Hardships of American Métis
- Ethnogenesis and Primordialism: The Case of the Métis-Canadiens
- Métis Ethnonyms
- The Voyageur Worldview
- Contemporary Forms of Exclusions: Academic "Truth-Telling"
- Métis, Cultural Essentialism, and Names
- "Truth-Telling" in Canadian Courts: Telling the Métis Who They Are
- "Half-Breeds" Dispossessed in the United States
- "French Breeds" Face Deportation
- Relational and Roots-based Schema of Métis Identities
- The Gift of the Interconnected
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Sources Cited
- Index
