" Métis" : Race, recognition, and the struggle for indigenous peoplehood
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- ISBN: 9780774827218 (hardcover)
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xiv, 267 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : UBC Press, 2014
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Paul Chartrand -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Mixed: The history and evolution of an administrative concept -- 2. Métis-as-mixed: the supreme court of Canada and the census -- 3. The Métis nation: A people, a shared history -- 4. Métis nation and peoplehood: a critical reading of the supreme court of Canada and the census -- 5. A case of (mis)recognition: The NunatuKavut community council -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index. |
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Subject: | Métis -- History Métis -- Legal status, laws, etc Métis -- Ethnic identity |
Topic Heading: | First Nations Canada. Indigenous. Metis Canada. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | FC 109 .A53 2014 (Text) | 58500000856690 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
Thompson Campus Library | FC 109 .A53 2014 (Text) | 58500000415174 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"Ask any Canadian what "Metis" means, and they will likely say "mixed race." Canadians consider Metis mixed in ways that other Indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their recognition of Metis status on this race-based understanding. Andersen argues that Canada got it wrong. From its roots deep in the colonial past, the idea of Metis as mixed has slowly pervaded the Canadian consciousness until it settled in the realm of common sense. In the process, "Metis" has become a racial category rather than the identity of an Indigenous people with a shared sense of history and culture."