Returning to ceremony : spirituality in Manitoba Métis communities / Chantal Fiola.
Returning to Ceremony is the follow-up to Chantal Fiola's award-winning Rekindling the Sacred Fire and continues her ground-breaking examination of Métis spirituality, debunking stereotypes such as "all Métis people are Catholic," and "Métis people do not go to ceremonies." Fiola finds that, among the Métis, spirituality exists on a continuum of Indigenous and Christian traditions, and that Métis spirituality includes ceremonies. For some Métis, it is a historical continuation of the relationships their ancestral communities have had with ceremonies since time immemorial, and for others, it is a homecoming -- a return to ceremony after some time away. Fiola employs a Métis-specific and community-centred methodology to gather evidence from archives, priests' correspondence, oral history, storytelling, and literature. With assistance from six Métis community researchers, Fiola listened to stories and experiences shared by thirty-two Métis from six Manitoba Métis communities that are at the heart of this book. They offer insight into their families' relationships with land, community, culture, and religion, including factors that inhibit or nurture connection to ceremonies such as sweat lodge, Sundance, and the Midewiwin. Valuable profiles emerge for six historic Red River Métis communities (Duck Bay, Camperville, St Laurent, St François-Xavier, Ste Anne, and Lorette), providing a clearer understanding of identity, culture, and spirituality that uphold Métis Nation sovereignty.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780887559624 (softcover)
- Physical Description: 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographic references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction - Métis spirituality: confronting stereotypes -- Searching for our stories in oral history -- Combing the written record for our stories -- A Métis-centred study and approach -- Six Red River Métis communities -- Meeting the participants -- Métis family relationships with land, language, and identity -- Métis family relationships with culture and religion -- Exploring self-identification -- Spirituality, types of ceremonies, and disconnection factors -- Spiritual connection factors, impacts upon identity, and others' reactions -- Métis spirituality today. |
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Subject: | Métis > Manitoba > Rites and ceremonies. Métis > Manitoba > Religion. Métis > Manitoba > Social life and customs. Métis > Manitoba > Ethnic identity. Indigenous peoples > Canada |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous. Métis Canada. First Nations Canada. |
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A follow-up to the author's Rekindling the Sacred Fire, which explored the relationships of individuals with ceremonies, this book examines spirituality at the community level in Manitoba communities in Canada, focusing on relationships of Métis individuals with indigenous ceremonies in communities in Duck Bay, Camperville, St. Laurent, St. Francois-Xavier, Lorette, and Ste. Anne. The author uses a Métis methodology and Métis-specific ethical considerations, working with Métis community researchers and interviewing 32 Métis people who attend ceremonies, to describe their family histories, self-identity and experiences, and relationships with spirituality. She describes oral history and new scholarly and community-based literature on Métis spirituality published since her previous book; her efforts to create a Métis-specific research design and methodology; the history of each community; the participants and their demographics; and their family relationships, the family relationships with culture and spirituality, self-identification and experiences with racism and discrimination, personal relationships with spirituality, and factors that impact their connection with spirituality. Fiola is a professor of urban and inner-city studies and is a Red River Métis individual in Manitoba. Distributed in the US by Longleaf Services Inc. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)