Metis (Amerindian)
Abstract As an Indigenous people the Metis emerged from the complex social, cultural, and political context of the Great Plains region of northern North America through kinship ties with neighboring Cree, Anishinaabe, Assiniboine, and Saulteaux groups (Innes 2012). The Metis share with their relativ...
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Wiley
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118474396.wbept0668 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118474396.wbept0668 |
| Summary: | Abstract As an Indigenous people the Metis emerged from the complex social, cultural, and political context of the Great Plains region of northern North America through kinship ties with neighboring Cree, Anishinaabe, Assiniboine, and Saulteaux groups (Innes 2012). The Metis share with their relatives a form of political thinking that emphasizes the maintenance of balance through reciprocity and relational thinking, focusing on relationships between people, families, and groups of families along with those between humans and land, and the other beings on the land. |
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