Métis, Métis -- History 

"A path-breaking collection of original essays by twelve leading Canadian and American scholars, this volume is the first major work to explore, in a North American context, the dimension and meaning of the process fundamental to the European invasion and colonization of the western hemisphere: the intermingling of European and native American peoples."--Back cover. 

xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 

Contents:
From "one nation" in the Northeast to "new nation" in the Northwest : a look at the emergence of the métis / Olive Patricia Dickason --
Many roads to Red River : Métis genesis in the Great Lakes region, 1680-1815 / Jacqueline Peterson --
Some questions and perspectives on the problem of métis roots / John E. Foster --
The métis and mixed-bloods of rupert's land before 1870 / Irene M. Spry --
Waiting for a day that never comes : the dispossessed métis of Montana / Verne Dusenberry --
Treaty No. 9 and fur trade company families : Northeastern Ontario's halfbreeds, Indians, petitioners and métis / John S. Long --
Grande Cache : the historic development of an indigenous Alberta métis population / Trudy Nicks and Kenneth Morgan --
"Unacquainted with the laws of the civilized world" : American attitudes toward the métis communities in the Old Northwest / R. David Edmunds --
Diverging identities : the Presbyterian métis of St. Gabriel Street, Montreal / Jennifer S.H. Brown --
"What if Mama is an Indian?" : the cultural ambivalence of thee Alexander Ross family / Sylvia Van Kirk --
In search of métis art / Ted J. Brasser --
What is Michif? : language in the métis tradition / John C. Crawford.

Includes index.