Manitoba Studies in Native History

Leading Canadian and American scholars explore the dimension and meaning of the intermingling of European and Native American peoples.

A collection of twelve scholarly essays examining the origins, development, diversity, and cultural life of Métis communities throughout North America. The contributors explore Métis origins in the Great Lakes and Red River regions, communities in Rupert’s Land, Montana, northeastern Ontario and Alberta, questions of identity, and aspects of Métis cultural life including art and the Michif language.