From New Peoples to New Nations, Aspects of Métis History and Identity from the Eighteenth to Twenty-First Centuries

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Publisher's Abstract:

"From New Peoples to New Nations is a broad historical account of the emergence of the Metis as distinct peoples in North America over the last three hundred years. Examining the cultural, economic, and political strategies through which communities define their boundaries, Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk trace the invention and reinvention of Metis identity from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Their work updates, rethinks, and integrates the many disparate aspects of Metis historiography, providing the first comprehensive narrative of Metis identity in more than fifty years. Based on extensive archival materials, interviews, oral histories, ethnographic research, and first-hand working knowledge of Metis political organizations, From New Peoples to New Nations addresses the long and complex history of Metis identity from the Battle of Seven Oaks to today’s legal and political debates."

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Ens, Gerhard J. and Sawchuk, Joe. From New Peoples to New Nations, Aspects of Métis History and Identity from the Eighteenth to Twenty-First Centuries. Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2016.

Author
Ens, Gerhard J. and Sawchuk, Joe
Publication Date
2016
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Review by Robert L. A. Hancock, aboriginal policy studies Vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 164-166
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Review by Émilie Pigeon, Labour / Le Travail, Issue 78, Fall 2016, pp. 323-325