Bois-Brûlés

Michel Bouchard is a professor of anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia and secretary of the World Council of Anthropological Associations. He co-authored 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 (with Robert Foxcurran and Sébastien Malette) and Les Bois-Brûlés de l'Outaouais: Une étude ethnoculturelle des Métis de la Gatineau (with Malette and Guillaume Marcotte). Sébastien Malette is an associate professor of law and legal studies at Carleton University and a member of the university's Indigenous Education Council. He co-authored 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 (with Michel Bouchard and Robert Foxcurran) and Les Bois-Brûlés de l'Outaouais: Une étude ethnoculturelle des Métis de la Gatineau (with Bouchard and Guillaume Marcotte).Guillaume Marcotte is an independent scholar and historian. He is the author of Les francophones et la traite des fourrures du Grand Témiscamingue: Un dictionnaire biographique, 1760–1870 and co-author of Les Bois-Brûlés de l'Outaouais: Une étude ethnoculturelle des Métis de la Gatineau (with Michel Bouchard and Sébastien Malette). He has also published in a variety of scholarly journals and has been studying the Hudson's Bay Company Archives for over a decade.

• Foreword / Michel NoëlA Note for ReadersIntroductionPart 1: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations1 Studying Métis Identities2 Métis Identities and EthnonymsPart 2: The Métis Presence in the Outaouais Region3 The Outaouais Fur Trade of the Nineteenth Century4 Shared Cultural Traits of the Bois-Brûlés5 Algonquin Half-Breeds, Priests, and the Métis CollectivityPart 3: Métis of the Gatineau Valley – Rivière Désert, Lac-Sainte-Marie, and Lac des Sables6 Crowded Crossroads7 Comparing Lac-Sainte-Marie and Sault Ste. Marie8 Louis Riel and the McGregors of the LièvrePart 4: Historical Continuity and Contemporary Concerns9 A New Era: The Creation of the Maniwaki Reserve10 Petitions and Politics: The Maniwaki Reserve and the Forest Industry 11 The Great Awakening: Outaouais Métis Voices, 1969–2017Conclusion: Toward Recognition?Appendix: Principal Métis Families of the GatineauNotes; Works Cited; Index

Methodologically, this is a fascinating exploration. - S. Perreault, Red Deer College (CHOICE)