A snug little flock : the social origins of the Riel Resistance, 1869-70
Questions about the identities of the mixed-blood Indian-European peoples of Canada and the United States have puzzled historians and anthropologists in both countries. Who are the mixedbloods of North America? Why do they have a strong collective identity in Canada, and virtually none in the United...
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ftunivcalgary:oai:prism.ucalgary.ca:1880/44197 2023-08-27T04:10:34+02:00 A snug little flock : the social origins of the Riel Resistance, 1869-70 Pannekoek, Frits, 1949- 1991 12138477 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1880/44197 https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29810 eng eng Winnipeg, Manitoba : Watson and Dwyer University of Calgary Library & Cultural Resources http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29810 0920486487 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/44197 Red River Rebellion 1869-1870 Metis - Social conditions book 1991 ftunivcalgary https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29810 2023-08-06T06:32:20Z Questions about the identities of the mixed-blood Indian-European peoples of Canada and the United States have puzzled historians and anthropologists in both countries. Who are the mixedbloods of North America? Why do they have a strong collective identity in Canada, and virtually none in the United States? Why is the collective identity in Canada largely French-Cree and Catholic? What happened to the English-speaking Protestant Halfbreeds? Why do the Protestant, English-speaking mixed-bloods no longer exist as a unique group either in Canada or in the United States, but identify themselves as White, Indian or Metis in Canada and Indian or White in the United States? While it has become commonplace to view mixed-blood peoples as products of the culture and economy of the fur trade, it is much more difficult to trace the roots of the process that created an identifiable Metis 'nation'. It is even more difficult to determine why no strong mixed-blood identity emerged in the United States. No Book Metis PRISM - University of Calgary Digital Repository Canada Indian |
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Questions about the identities of the mixed-blood Indian-European peoples of Canada and the United States have puzzled historians and anthropologists in both countries. Who are the mixedbloods of North America? Why do they have a strong collective identity in Canada, and virtually none in the United States? Why is the collective identity in Canada largely French-Cree and Catholic? What happened to the English-speaking Protestant Halfbreeds? Why do the Protestant, English-speaking mixed-bloods no longer exist as a unique group either in Canada or in the United States, but identify themselves as White, Indian or Metis in Canada and Indian or White in the United States? While it has become commonplace to view mixed-blood peoples as products of the culture and economy of the fur trade, it is much more difficult to trace the roots of the process that created an identifiable Metis 'nation'. It is even more difficult to determine why no strong mixed-blood identity emerged in the United States. No |
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A snug little flock : the social origins of the Riel Resistance, 1869-70 |
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A snug little flock : the social origins of the Riel Resistance, 1869-70 |
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Winnipeg, Manitoba : Watson and Dwyer |
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