Author : Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
Release : 2018-02-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 718/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Metis Pioneers by : Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
Download or read book Metis Pioneers written by Doris Jeanne MacKinnon. This book was released on 2018-02-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade—one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition—who settled in southern Alberta as the Canadian West transitioned to a sedentary agricultural and industrial economy. MacKinnon provides rare insight into their lives, demonstrating the contributions Metis women made to the building of the Prairie West. This is a compelling tale of two women's acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire.