“Métis” “Métis”

“Métis‪”‬

Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood

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Descripción editorial

Ask any Canadian what “Métis” means, and they will likely say “mixed race.” Canadians consider Métis mixed in ways that other indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their recognition of Métis status on this race-based understanding.

According to Andersen, Canada got it wrong. Our very preoccupation with mixedness is not natural but stems from more than 150 years of sustained labour on the part of the state and others. From its roots deep in the colonial past, the idea of “Métis as mixed” has pervaded the Canadian consciousness until it settled in the realm of common sense. In the process, “Métis” has become a racial category rather than the identity of an indigenous people with a shared sense of history and culture.

Andersen asks all Canadians to consider the consequences of adopting a definition of “Métis” that makes it nearly impossible for the Métis nation to make political claims as a people.

GÉNERO
No ficción
PUBLICADO
2014
12 de mayo
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
284
Páginas
EDITORIAL
UBC Press
VENDEDOR
eBOUND Canada
TAMAÑO
1.6
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