Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 463-465
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Book review of: Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny and Brenda MacDougall.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 463.
This 83-year old gentleman talks about work as trapper, farmer, builder, carpenter; a serious accident at High Prairie; work as councillor on the Drift Pile River Reserve and developments on that reserve; and about relinquishing treaty status.
Author discusses traditional knowledge systems of the Métis in Alberta and how the arrival of capitalism impacted the relationship to land. Focuses on writings of Elmer Ghostkeeper, Victoria Belcourt Callihoo and Herb Belcourt.