The Free People - Li Gens Libres - A History of the Metis Community of Batoche, Saskatchewan (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

Revised and expanded to include fresh research, a discussion of recent interpretive trends, and a review of new literature, The Free People-Li Gens Libres is a comprehensive history of the Metis community and national historic site of Batoche, Saskatchewan.Diane Payment has a long personal association with Batoche; her study is the culmination of thirty years of documentary and field research as a participant-observer within the community. Her inquiry draws on a range of dictated and written historical sources, both Metis and non-Metis, as well as more recent oral history narratives and personal observations. The Free People is one of the few studies on Metis communities in western and northern Canada. Payment's approach demonstrates that any understanding of Metis culture cannot be based on European or Euro-Canadian historical models, but on its own values and traditions. She argues that Batoche has persisted as a community despite conflict, crisis, and prejudice from immigrant ethnic groups and institutions such as the Canadian government and the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding in maintaining its uniquely Metis identity.

General

Imprint:	University of Calgary Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Parks and Heritage
Release date:	April 2009
Authors:	Diane P. Payment
Dimensions:	27 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	432
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-77385-433-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-77385-433-X
Barcode:	9781773854335

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