Jemmy Jock Bird - Marginal Man on the Blackfoot Frontier (Paperback, New)

Jemmy Jock Bird, the son of a Cree woman and a mixed-blood trader employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, has become part of the mythology of the mountain man era. In this creative non-fiction account, Jackson meticulously reconstructs the life of this intriguing individual who was caught between opposing sides of a dual Metis heritage. Closely identified with the Cree and the Peigan, Bird's trading activities and undercover work as a "confidential servant" of the Hudson's Bay Company during the competitive period of the fur trade are explored using materials from the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, the Montana Historical Society, and Bird's descendants living on the American Blackfoot Reserve in Browning. As an interpreter, Bird was later instrumental in negotiating the 1855 Blackfoot peace treaty and the 1877 Canadian Treaty 7. Jackson steeps himself in the sparse documentation of the fur trade era to shed some much-needed light on Jemmy Jock Bird's adventurous career -- one that straddled the international borders of the northern plains and mountain west and touched upon many aspects of western development.

General

Imprint:	University of Calgary Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	John C. Jackson
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	205
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-55238-111-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	1-55238-111-0
Barcode:	9781552381113

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