Overview

With a unique how-to appendix for Metis genealogical reconstruction, this book will be of interest to Metis wanting to research their own genealogy and to scholars engaged in the reconstruction of Metis ethnic identity. The search for a Metis identity and what constitutes that identity is a key issue facing many aboriginals of mixed ancestry today. This book reconstructs 250 years of the Desjarlais' family history across a substantial area of North America, from colonial Louisiana, the St. Louis, Missouri, region and the American Southwest to the Red River and central Alberta. In the course of tracing the Desjarlais family, social, economic and political factors influencing the development of various Aboriginal ethnic identities are discussed. With intriguing details about the Desjarlais family members, this book offers new, original insights into the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, focusing on kinship as a motivating factor in the outcome of events.

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Author:   Heather Devine
Publisher:   University of Calgary Press
Imprint:   University of Calgary Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.664kg
ISBN:  

9781552381151

ISBN 10:   1552381153
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   30 June 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface; Race and Progress; The Concept of Race; The Classification of Races in Europe and North America: 1700-1850; Towards Scientific Racism; Antecedents of the Racial Worldview; Latent and Manifest Orientalism; The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power; Does Race' Matter? Transatlantic Perspectives on Racism after 'Race Relations'; When Place Becomes Race; Is there a 'Neo-Racism'?; The Relationship between Racism and anti-Semitism; Global Apartheid? Race and Religion in the New World Order; The Lore of the Homeland: Hindu Nationalism and Indigenist 'Neoracism'; Settling In: Epidemics and Conquest to the End of the First Century; The Guarani: The Economics of Ethnocide; The Indians Are Coming to an End: The Economics of Ethnocide; Saami and Norwegians: Symbols of Peoplehood and Nationhood; Of Our Spiritual Strivings; Capitalism and Slavery; Prelude to Settlement: Indians as Indentured Labourers; Resistance and Renewal: First Nations and Aboriginal Education in Canada; Towards a Antiracism Agenda in Education: The Case of Malta; The Denial of Difference: Reframing Anti-Racist Praxis; Working Precariously: The Impact of Race and Immigrants Status on Employment Opportunities and Outcomes in Canada; The Integration of Racism Into Everyday Life: The Story of Rosa N; They Can be Hired in Masses; They can be Managed and Controlled like Unthinking Slaves; The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture; Our Enemies among Us! - The Portrayal of Arab and Muslim Americans in Post-9/11 American Media; Races, Racism and Popular Culture; Inflammatory Rhetoric? Baseless Accusations? A Response to Gabor's Critique of Racial Profiling Research in Canada; The Criminalisation of Indigenous People; Identity, Belonging and the Critique of Pure Sameness; How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says about Race in America; Between Black and White: Exploring the ""Biracial"" Experience; Colour and the Changing Racial Landscape; Language Matters; Imperialism, History, Writing & Theory; Anti-Racism, Social Movements and Civil Society; Racism/Anti-Racism, Precarious Employment and Unions; ""Reverse Racism""? Students' Responses to Equity Programs; How Gays Stay White and What Kind of White It Stays."

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Author Information

Heather Devine teaches in the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary and is a researcher in various fields, including Canadian Native history, Western Canadian ethnic history, museum and archival studies, and public history.

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