One of the Family

Venetia Boehmer-Plotz, Brock University:
In a meticulously crafted study of the connections between the Metis families of the Sakitawak (Île à la Crosse) region of Saskatchewan, Brenda Macdougall adds richness to a familiar story by extending the focus of her study from the geographic, temporal, and cultural preeminence of Red River in historical discourse.

Jennifer S.H. Brown, FRSC, professor of history and director, Centre for Rupert's Land Studies, University of Winnipeg:
The central concept that underlies this important new book is wahkootowin, “a worldview linking land, family, and identity in one interconnected web of being.” This original and richly researched work follows four generations of widely connected Metis families in the Île à la Crosse region, illuminating their lives and histories as concrete expressions of this powerful organizing principle learned from their Aboriginal mothers and grandmothers.