One of the family: Metis culture in nineteenth-century northwestern Saskatchewan

Abstract

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Methodology and Sources Note on Writing Conventions Introduction 1 They are strongly attached to the country of rivers, lakes, and forests: Social Landscapes of the Northwest 2 The bond that connected one human being to another: Social Construction of the Metis Family 3 To live in the land of my Mother: Residency and Patronymic Connections Across the Northwest 4 After a man has tasted of the comforts of married life this living alone comes pretty tough: Family, Acculturation, and Roman Catholicism 5 The only men obtainable who know the country and Indians are all married: Family, Labour, and the HBC 6 The HalfBreeds of this place always did and always will dance: Competition, Freemen, and Contested Spaces 7 I Thought it advisable to furnish him: Freemen to Free Traders in the Northwest Fur Trade Conclusion Appendix Glossary Notes Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects

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