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Combining political biography and historical narrative, The Premier and His Grandmother introduces readers to two compelling and complex public figures. Born into a prominent fur trading family, Isabella Clarke Hardisty Lougheed (18611936) established a distinct role for herself as an influential Mtis woman in southern Alberta, at a time when racial boundaries in the province were hardening and Mtis activists established a firm foundation for the Mtis to be recognized as distinct Indigenous Peoples. Isabella's grandson Edgar Peter Lougheed (19282021) served as premier of Alberta at a time when some of that activism achieved both successes and losses. Drawing on Peter Lougheed's personal papers, family interviews, and archival research, this book analyzes his political initiatives in the context of his own identity as a person of Mtis ancestry. While there are several publications that refer to Peter Lougheed in the context of his role as premier, few of those publications have acknowledged his connection to an important Mtis pioneer family and his connection to his Indigenous ancestors.

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Doris Jeanne MacKinnon was born on a farm in northeastern Alberta and attended school in the historic town of St-Paul-dés-Métis. She holds a PhD in Indigenous and post-Confederation Canadian history. An independent researcher, author, and post-secondary instructor, she lives in Central Alberta. Her publications focus on Western Canadian topics that expand readers’ understanding of diverse people and experiences. Her books are written in an engaging style that appeals to a broad cross-section of the population.

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