Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction xi
4. PART ONE: IDENTITY
5. 1 Oscillating Identities: Re-presentations of Métis in the Great Lakes Area in the Nineteenth Century 1
6. 2 (Re)claiming Métis Women Identities: Three Stories and the Storyteller 59
7. 3 A Half-breed’s Perspective on Being Métis 93
8. PART TWO: HISTORY
9. 4 From Entity to Identity to Nation: The Ethnogenesis of the Wiisakodewininiwag (Bois-Brûlé) Reconsidered 141
10. 5 Métis Economics: Sharing and Exchange in Northwest Saskatchewan 205
11. 6 Newly Discovered Writings of Louis Riel 249
12. PART THREE: LAW
13. 7 The Long, Slow Road to Recognizing Métis: Rights Métis Aboriginal Rights Jurisprudence in Canada 277
14. 8 Even When We’re Winning, Are We Losing? Métis Rights in Canadian Courts 307
15. PART FOUR: POLITICS
16. 9 No Other Weapon: Métis Political Organization and Governance in Canada 337
17. 10 Regional Nationalism or National Mobilization? A Brief Social History of the Development of Métis Political Organization in Canada, 1815–2011 397
18. 11 From Service Providers to Decision Makers: Building a Métis Government in Saskatchewan 433
19. 12 Government Relations and Métis People: Using Interest Group Strategies 463
20. Conclusion: “Métis” as a Unique, Diverse, Complex and Contingent Concept in Canada 491
21. Contributors 497
22. Index 501