Derided as being fake, race-shifting, cultural appropriators, Eastern Metis demonstrates the historical and social evidence for the origins and continued existence of Metis communities across Ontario and the Canadian Maritimes as well as the West. The authors in this volume explore the archival and historical record that challenges dominant nationalist tropes of all stripes, narratives which exclude the very possibility of legitimate Metis communities and identities in central and eastern Canada. Taking a continental rhizomatic approach, the book provides a rich and nuanced view of what it means to be Metis.
Michel Bouchard is professor of anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia. Sebastien Malette is associate professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa. Siomonn Pulla is associate professor in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Royal Roads University.
Introduction Michel Bouchard, Sebastien Malette and Siomonn Pulla Chapter 1: Symbolic Violence against the "Other Metis": The Making of a New Forgotten People in Canada Denis Gagnon Chapter 2: Political Ontologies in Turmoil: Metis "Neo-Nationalism" and the "Other Metis" Sebastien Malette Chapter 3: The Languages of the Metis in Canada Robert Papen Chapter 4: Situating Nova Scotia Metis Identities in a Colonial Past Katie MacLeod Chapter 5: The Acadian Metis on the Geographic and Social Margins Sean O'Connell Chapter 6: Metissage and Metis Identity in the Gaspe Peninsula: From Its Origins to the 1886 Paspebiac Riots Emmanuel Michaux Chapter 7: Undercoat Communities: The Geohistorical Scaling of Metis Identity in the EastEtienne RivardChapter 8: "The Lowest Race of Any in Canada": Mitifs from the Fur Trade and the Voyageurs Parishes of St. Lawrence ValleyGuillaume MarcotteChapter 9: Understanding the Impacts of a Transitional and Mixed Regional Economy on the Emergence of the Historic Metis of MattawaSiomonn PullaChapter 10 : The Voyageur Metis of Penetanguishene: An Examination of the Ethnohistory of the Metis in OntarioMichel Bouchard and Tiana MagerChapter 11: The Story of French Canadian Metis Voyageur Joseph Dussault in the Pacific NorthwestChristine ElseyChapter 12: The Case of Maxim Cormier and the Unrecognized Acadian Metis: Between Criminalization and Group Lateral Violence Jo-Anne Muise Lawless and Sebastien Malette Chapter 13: "This Hero of Whom the Metis Nation at Large Must Be Proud": Private Patrick Riel of Maniwaki Sebastien Malette and Guillaume Marcotte Index About the Authors
