Metis pioneers : Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed

Summary: "In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade-one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition-who settled in southern Alberta as the fur trade transitioned to a sedentary agricultural and industrial economy. MacKinnon provides rare insight into their lives, demonstrating the contributions Metis women made to the building of the prairie west. This is a compelling tale of two women's acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781772122718 (paperback)
Physical Description: xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Being and becoming Métis -- The ties that bind -- Gracious womanhood -- With this economy we do wed -- Trader Delorme's family -- Queen of the Jughandle -- Fenced in -- Many voices: one people.