Ethnolinguistic profile of the Canadian Metis

Type

Book

Authors

Patrick C. Douaud ( Douaud, Patrick C. )

Tags

Indigenous peoples -- Alberta -- Ethnic identity, Indigenous peoples -- Alberta -- Languages, Métis -- Alberta -- Languages, Métis -- Alberta -- Ethnic identity, Métis -- Languages, Métis -- Ethnic identity, Alberta

Abstract

"This is a study of the mechanisms of cultural and linguistic variation among the Metis of western Canada. After its ethnohistorical background is surveyed, a small multilingual community in Alberta, the Mission Metis of Lac La Biche, is discussed; its use of French, Cree, and English is investigated; and a definition of its cultural boundaries is attempted. Through the interplay of this community with its environment, language and culture are seen as inextricably interwoven, and their dynamics are explicated in terms of contact, marginality, ethnicity, and self-image. Cultural attribution or deprivation is shown to be an elusive concept, which fails to be substantiated by holistic ethnographic procedures."--page iii.

Description

vi, 109 pages : illustrations.

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