| Author/Contributor(s): | MacKinnon, Doris Jeanne |
| Publisher: | University of Alberta Press |
| Date: | 02/08/2018 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade--one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition--who settled in southern Alberta as the Canadian West transitioned to a sedentary agricultural and industrial economy. MacKinnon provides rare insight into their lives, demonstrating the contributions Metis women made to the building of the Prairie West. This is a compelling tale of two women's acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire.