Becoming Métis in Northern Alberta

A study of the northern Métis nation in Canada through the lens of ethnogenesis.

In recent years, much has been written about the Métis of southern Canada, an Indigenous community that began with those who lived at the Red River and the historic buffalo hunters of the Plains. Whether implicitly or explicitly, these groups have come to define the identity and culture of all Métis in the Northwest. This book challenges the prevailing discourse about “Métis-ness” by considering the circumstan...