Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Maps 1
6. Lifelines: Searching for Aboriginal Women of the Northwest and Borderlands 5
7. Part One: Transatlantic Connections
8. (1) Recovered Identities: Four Métis Artists in Nineteenth-Century Rupert’s Land 29
9. (2) Lost Women: Native Wives in Orkney and Lewis 61
10. (3) Christina Massan’s Beadwork and the Recovery of a Fur Trade Family History 89
11. Part Two: Cultural Mediators
12. (4) Repositioning the Missionary: Sara Riel, the Grey Nuns, and Aboriginal Women in Catholic Missions of the Northwest 115
13. (5) The “Accomplished” Odille Quintal Morison: Tsimshian Cultural Intermediary of Metlakatla, British Columbia 135
14. (6) Obscured Obstetrics: Indigenous Midwives in Western Canada 157
15. Part Three: In the Borderlands
16. (7) Sophie Morigeau: Free Trader, Free Woman 175
17. (8) The Montana Memories of Emma Minesinger: Windows on the Family, Work, and Boundary Culture of a Borderlands Woman 197
18. Part Four: The Spirit World
19. (9) Searching for Catherine Auger: The Forgotten Wife of the Wîhtikôw (Windigo) 225
20. (10) Pakwâciskwew: A Reacquaintance with Wilderness Woman 245
21. Part Five: Challenging and Crafting Representations
22. (11) Frances Nickawa: “A Gifted Interpreter of the Poetry of Her Race” 263
23. (12) Blazing Her Own Trail: Anahareo’s Rejection of Euro-Canadian Stereotypes 287
24. Notes 313
25. List of Contributors 409
26. Index 413