The free people = Li gens libres : a history of the Métis community of Batoche, Saskatchewan /
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| Author / Creator: | Payment, Diane. |
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| Imprint: | Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2009. |
| Description: | xxvi, 406 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English Creole French |
| Series: | Parks and heritage series, 1494-0426 ; 12 Parks and heritage series ; 12. |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7697681 |
Table of Contents:
- Review of Major Literature and Interpretive Trends since 1985
- Methodology
- Long Road to Batoche
- 1. Society and Culture
- Social Organization and Family
- Customs and Traditions
- Social Issues
- Relations with First Nations
- Relations with Settlers
- 2. Metis and the Roman Catholic Church
- Cultures in Conflict
- 1885: The Riel Factor
- General and the Priests
- Relations after 1885
- 3. Political Activism
- St. Laurent Council and Territorial Government Era
- National Feast Day, A Flag, An Anthem
- Last Stand: Armed Resistance
- Metis Rights after 1885
- 4. Economy
- Early Commerce: Fur Trade, Buffalo Hunt, Freighting, and Other Enterprises
- Merchant Trading
- Later Years
- 5. Land Claims on the South Saskatchewan River
- Customary Landholding and the Manitoba Precedent
- Aboriginal Land Claims through Scrip in 1886 and 1899-1900
- 6. Hard Times and Coming of Age: Batoche since the 1930s
- Women's Work and More
- Off to War
- Political Resurgence and Growth
- Cultural Revival and Renewal
- Appendices
- 1.1. Metis Wintering at St. Laurent de Grandin Mission 31 December 1871
- 1.2. Families of St. Antoine de Padoue Parish, Batoche, 1924
- 1.3. Metis Songs
- 2. Claims for Losses Suffered in 1885, Batoche and Vicinity
- 3. Notes on Quantitative Analysis of Homestead Declarations
- 4.1. Beneficiaries of Land Scrip, Batoche and Vicinity, 1885-87
- 4.2. Beneficiaries of Land Scrip, Batoche and Vicinity, 1900.
