From New Peoples to New Nations

Aspects of Metis History and Identity from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Centuries

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Av Gerhard Ens, Joe Sawchuk, Gerhard J. Ens, Gerhard J Ens

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From New Peoples to New Nations is a broad historical account of the emergence of the Metis as distinct peoples in North America over the last three hundred years. Examining the cultural, economic, and political strategies through which communities define their boundaries, Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk trace the invention and reinvention of Metis identity from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Their work updates, rethinks, and integrates the many disparate aspects of Metis historiography, providing the first comprehensive narrative of Metis identity in more than fifty years.Based on extensive archival materials, interviews, oral histories, ethnographic research, and first-hand working knowledge of Metis political organizations, From New Peoples to New Nations addresses the long and complex history of Metis identity from the Battle of Seven Oaks to today’s legal and political debates.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-12-22
Mått152 x 229 x 41 mm
Vikt940 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor704
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442627116
UtmärkelserShort-listed for Canada Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2017 (Canada)

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Antropologi inom Samhalle och politik
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik

Introduction Part I: Hybridity and Patterns of EthnogenesisChapter One: Race and Nation: Changing Ethnological and Historical Constructions of HybridityChapter Two: Economic Ethnogenesis: The Fur Trade and Metissage in the 18th and 19th CenturiesPart II: The Genesis and Development of the Idea of the Metis Nation to 1930Chapter Three: Fur Trade Wars, the Battle of Seven Oaks, and the Idea of the Metis Nation, 1811–1849Chapter Four: Louis Riel and the Religion of Metis Nationalism, 1869–1885Chapter Five: L’Union Nationale MÉtisse Saint-Joseph, A.H. Tremaudan, and the Reimagining of the Metis Nation, 1910–1930sPart III: Government Policy and Metis Status in the 19th CenturyChapter Six: The Manitoba Act and the Creation of Metis StatusChapter Seven: Extinguishing Rights and Inventing Categories: Metis Scrip as Policy and Self AscriptionChapter Eight: Indian Treaty versus Metis Scrip: The Permeability of Status Categories and EthnicitiesChapter Nine: The United States/Canada Border and the Bifurcation of the Plains Metis 1870–1900Part IV: Economic Marginalization and the Metis Political Response 1896–1960sChapter Ten: St. Paul des Metis Colony 1896–1909: Identity as PathologyChapter Eleven: Political Mobilization in Alberta and the Metis Betterment Act of 1938Chapter Twelve: The Liberals, the CCF, and the Metis of Saskatchewan, 1935–1964Chapter Thirteen: Social Science and the Metis, 1950–1970Part V: Politics, the Courts, and the Constitution: Reformulating Metis IdentitiesChapter Fourteen: A Renewed Political Awareness, 1965–2000Chapter Fifteen: Reformulated Identities, 1965–2013Chapter Sixteen: The Metis of OntarioChapter Seventeen: The Metis of the Northwest TerritoriesChapter Eighteen: Ethnic Symbolism: Re-interpreting and Recreating the PastConclusion

‘Ens and Sawchuck have written the most comprehensive and balanced view of Métis history to date, which will provide much-needed context for all who seek to better understand who the Métis are and the centuries of struggle they have faced…. Highly recommended.’- B.F.R. Edwards (Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016) ‘From New Nations to New Peoples offers an important update to Métis history and historiography… Ens and Sawchuck’s novel approach to the topic allows them to convincingly posit that Métis ethno-genesis is perpetual and continues to the present day via "dialogical processes".- Émilie Pigeon (Labour/Le Travail vol 78:2016) ‘As a result of its diligent research and unique analytical perspective, From New Peoples to New Nations will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in historical and contemporary Métis identities.’- Gabrielle Legault (BC Studies winter 2016/17) ‘For its comprehensiveness, it would make an excellent textbook for undergraduate courses… Its considerable bibliography and broad treatment of Metis history will undoubtedly make it as a general reference on Metis history and identity.’- Camie Augustus (Canadian Journal of History, vol 52:02:2017) "Tracing the intricate and layered process by which new peoples become new nations within politically, economically, and symbolically charges matrices, Ens and Sawchuk have contributed a theoretically and empirically bountiful text that one hopes will generate discussions within and outside of Métis studies."- Nicholas Barron (History of Anthropology Newsletter, June 28, 2018)