Fiddlers' Journey: The Perseverance of One Métis Family's Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Merelda Lynn Fiddler
Description
Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2009.
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
Investigation into whether there was a Métis presence in the Wood Buffalo region uses descriptive narrative records from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, census data, surnames of enumerated individuals in Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray, Lac La Biche, and North West Halfbreed Scrip applications.
"with a new preface and postscript".
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
Brief history of the eight Métis Settlements in Alberta.