British traders and Ojibwe hunters. Cree women and their
metis
daughters. Explorers and anthropologists and Aboriginal guides
and
informants. These people, their relationships, and their
complex
identities and worldviews were not featured in histories of
North
America until the 1970s, when scholars from multiple disciplines
began
to bring new perspectives and approaches to bear on the past.
"Gathering Places" presents some of the most innovative
and
interdisciplinary approaches to metis, fur trade, and First
Nations
history being practised today. Whether they are discussing
dietary
practices on the Plateau, trees as cultural and geographical
markers in
the trade, the meanings of totemic signatures, issues of
representation
in public history, or the writings of Aboriginal anthropologists
and
historians, the authors link archival, archaeological, material,
oral,
and ethnographic evidence to offer novel explorations that
extend
beyond earlier scholarship centred on the archive. They draw
on
Aboriginal perspectives, material forms of evidence, and
personal
approaches to history to illuminate cross-cultural encounters
and
challenge older approaches to the past.
These fascinating essays on aspects of the history of
Rupert's
Land mark a significant departure from the old paradigm of
history
writing and will serve as models for recovering and
communicating
Aboriginal and cross-cultural experiences and perspectives.
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