Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History (Volume 6) (New Directions in Native American Studies Series)

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806144874
• ISBN13: 9780806144870
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"