{"product_id":"contours-of-a-people-6-metis-family-mobility-and-history-9780806144870","title":"Contours of a People, 6: Metis Family, Mobility, and History","description":"What does it mean to be Metis? How do the Metis understand their world, and how do family, community, and location shape their consciousness? Such questions inform this collection of essays on the northwestern North American people of mixed European and Native ancestry who emerged in the seventeenth century as a distinct culture. Volume editors Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall go beyond the concern with race and ethnicity that takes center stage in most discussions of Metis culture to offer new ways of thinking about Metis identity.\u003cbr\u003eGeography, mobility, and family have always defined Metis culture and society. The Metis world spanned the better part of a continent, and a major theme of \u003ci\u003eContours of a People\u003c\/i\u003e is the Metis conception of geography--not only how Metis people used their environments but how they gave meaning to place and developed connections to multiple landscapes. Their geographic familiarity, physical and social mobility, and maintenance of family ties across time and space appear to have evolved in connection with the fur trade and other commercial endeavors. These efforts, and the cultural practices that emerged from them, have contributed to a sense of community and the nationalist sentiment felt by many Metis today.\u003cbr\u003eWriting about a wide geographic area, the contributors consider issues ranging from Metis rights under Canadian law and how the Library of Congress categorizes Metis scholarship to the role of women in maintaining economic and social networks. The authors' emphasis on geography and its power in shaping identity will influence and enlighten Canadian and American scholars across a variety of disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePodruchny, Carolyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Podruchny\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eMaking the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacdougall, Brenda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrenda Macdougall\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eOne of the Family: Metis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCampbell, Maria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMaria Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e is a Metis elder, playwright, and author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eHalfbreed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647504322834,"sku":"9780806144870","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/contours-of-a-people-6-metis-family-mobility-and-history-9780806144870","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}