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The Metis cultural brokers and the western numbered treaties, 1869-1877

dc.contributor.advisorMiller, James R.en_US
dc.creatorStevenson, Allyson Donnaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-10T13:27:51Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T04:43:19Z
dc.date.available2008-09-14T08:00:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-01-04T04:43:19Z
dc.date.created2004-08en_US
dc.date.issued2004-08en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2004en_US
dc.description.abstractThroughout the history of the North West, Metis people frequently used their knowledge of European, Indian, and Metis culture to mediate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal social, diplomatic, and economic encounters. Though acknowledged in Metis historiography, this aspect of Metis identity has not been the focus of scholarly analysis, which has primarily centred on Louis Riel, Metis resistance, and ethnogenesis. By closely examining the primary documents, it is evident that the Metis interpreters present at Treaties 1 through 7 were more than merely translators. Prior to negotiations these Metis had interacted with First Nations in a variety of ways, whether in the fur trade or in missionary endeavours. Metis people were well versed in Aboriginal language and cultural traditions, skills they had employed successfully in Rupert's Land prior to 1870. In drawing upon this amicable relationship between Metis and First Nations, Canadian officials in the North West recognized the positive effect of personal diplomacy on securing First Nations signatures to the treaty documents. In this thesis many examples will demonstrate that the actions of Metis people were critical in preventing violence between groups, thereby enabling the treaty process to begin. These Metis individuals moved within a middle ground of context that developed in the era prior to the 1870's, thus indicating a measure of continuity between the pre- and post transition period in the Canadian West.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07102007-132751en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectMetis interpretersen_US
dc.subjectCanada - North West - Treaty negotiationsen_US
dc.subjectCanada - First Nations - Numbered treatiesen_US
dc.titleThe Metis cultural brokers and the western numbered treaties, 1869-1877en_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US

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