Eastern Métis: Chronicling and Reclaiming a Denied Past

 "Three Birchbark Canoes and a Dome-shaped Lodge," Southern Algonquian by Paul Kane, early August 1845. Object number: 946.15.22. Gift of Raymond A. Willis in memory of his mother, Emmie à Court ("Chelsea"), daughter of Allan Cassels and granddaughter of the Honourable G. W. Allan The artist Paul Kane was authorized by the Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company to accompany fur trade brigades heading west. In 1846 he left Fort William and traveled to the Pacific Coast, visiting fur trading posts across the continent. Image courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum.

In Eastern Métis, Michel Bouchard, Sébastien Malette, and Siomonn Pulla demonstrate the historical and social evidence for the origins and continued existence of Métis communities across Ontario, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes as well as the West. Contributors to this edited collection explore archival and historical records that challenge narratives which exclude the possibility of Métis communities and identities in central and eastern Canada. Taking a continental rhizomatic approach, this book provides a rich and nuanced view of what it means to be Métis.

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