Overview

Why don't more Metis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Metis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Metis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Metis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using a methodology rooted in an Indigenous world view, Fiola interviews eighteen people with Metis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Metis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, sharing stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Eurocanadian cultures and spiritualities.

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A great book in an under researched field. --Publishers' Weekly Shows a fidelity to an Indigenous methodology and is an exemplar for how we as historians of education need to revise the narrative to place learners at the centre. We need to hear from Metis learners as they set new points of reference in the history of Indigenous education. --Jonathan Anuik Historical Studies in Education A seminal work of truly impressive scholarship, Rekindling the Sacred Fire is exceptionally well written, organized and presented. Informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking. --Marilyn Dumont Midwest Book Review Firmly pushes Metis studies forward in ways that intimately integrate Metis sovereignty in ongoing dialogue with those of the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe, including the Saulteaux, Odawa, and Potawatomi) and Nehiyawak (Cree). --Dylan A. T. Miner Apart from the author's personal expose on her experience as a Metis person, Chantal reconfirms the real impact that the historical experience of living among the Anishinaabe had upon not only the material culture of her people, but also on how many of them came to view the world. --Blair Stonechild 49th Shelf

Shows a fidelity to an Indigenous methodology and is an exemplar for how we as historians of education need to revise the narrative to place learners at the centre. We need to hear from M tis learners as they set new points of reference in the history of Indigenous education. --Jonathan Anuik Historical Studies in Education A seminal work of truly impressive scholarship, Rekindling the Sacred Fire is exceptionally well written, organized and presented. Informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking. --Marilyn Dumont Midwest Book Review A great book in an under researched field. --Publishers' Weekly Firmly pushes M tis studies forward in ways that intimately integrate M tis sovereignty in ongoing dialogue with those of the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe, including the Saulteaux, Odawa, and Potawatomi) and N hiyawak (Cree). --Dylan A. T. Miner Apart from the author's personal expose on her experience as a M tis person, Chantal reconfirms the real impact that the historical experience of living among the Anishinaabe had upon not only the material culture of her people, but also on how many of them came to view the world. --Blair Stonechild 49th Shelf

Author Information

Chantal Fiola is Metis Anishinaabe-Kwe from the Red River region of Manitoba. She teaches Native Studies at the University of Manitoba, Canada.

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