Material Traces of Ethnogenesis: An Archaeological and Spatial Analysis of the Metis Cultural Landscape in the Canadian West, 1700-1880

• Main Author: Supernant, Kisha
• Other Authors: Kermoal, Nathalie, Tough, Frank, GAPSSHRC
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: 2012; Métis; Trade routes; Culture Contact; Identity; Community Based Research; Indigenous Peoples; Land Use; GIS Mapping; Trade; Metis; Indigenous Archaology; Canada; Insight Development Grant; Settlement Patterns; Paleodemography; Successful SSHRC; Grant application; Archival Research; 1650-1900; Digital Economy; Aboriginal Research; History; Cultural Relations; Archaeology; IDG; Historical Geography; Colonization; Ethnogenesis; Landscapes; Cultural Landscape; Fur Trade
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/24be6cb4-7b30-4b41-a8c6-7c1ab5598a36; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3K73P

SSHRC Awarded IDG 2012: Our pilot project will address the question of Métis territory and identity via the remains of Métis landscapes in the archaeological record, particularly the material culture and spatial arrangements of known over-wintering sites in the Canadian Parklands, and highlighting the importance of geographic mobility during the merchantile fur trade as a defining characteristic of a Métis cultural landscape. Since the landmark 2003 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Powley to recognize Aboriginal rights of Métis people, debate has swirled re: the boundaries and locales of Métis traditional territory. Working closely with the Métis National Council during all project stages, this collaborative archaeological research project will identify the daily life of the Métis beyond the trading posts.