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Title

Hold high your heads : history of the Métis Nation in western Canada / A.-H. de Trémaudan ; translated by Elizabeth Maguet.

Author

Trémaudan, Auguste Henri de, 1874-1931.

Publication

Winnipeg, Man., Canada : Pemmican Publications, 1982.

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Description

xxix, 210 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

English translation of a work originally published in French in 1929?

Uniform Title

Histoire de la nation métisse dans l'ouest canadien. English

Alternative Title

• Histoire de la nation métisse dans l'ouest canadien.
• History of the Métis Nation in western Canada.

Subject

• Canada, Western > History
• Dissent and Disputes
• History, 19th Century
• Indians of North America > Canada > Government relations
• Indians of North America > History. > Canada
• Indians, North American > Manitoba
• Manitoba

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Translation of: Histoire de la nation métisse dans l'ouest canadien.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 167-174.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. the Metis nation: its formation -- I. The maternal ancestor: the Indian woman -- II. The paternal ancestor: the white man -- 1. The french -- 2. The english -- III. The fruit of the union: the Metis -- Pt. II. The Metis nation: its life -- I. The foreign invasion -- 1. The conquerors auxiliaries -- 2. Rivalry between the conquerors -- 3. Victims of the conquerors -- II. The early organization -- 1. The work of the missionaries -- 2. The tread of events -- 3. The forerunner of emancipation -- 4. Heroism and apostolate -- Pt. III. The Metis nation: it's martyrdom -- I. The causes and object of the drama -- 1. Fishers in troubled waters -- 2. The premature surveys -- 3. An unexpected governor -- 4. Tardy and incomplete proclamations -- II. The vicissitudes of the drama -- 1. The Provisional Government: its formation -- 2. The Provisional Government: its establishment -- III. The unfolding drama -- 1. The 1885 insurrection: its causes -- 2. The 1885 insurrection: its vicissitudes -- 3. The 1885 insurrection: its ending -- Conclusion: The national situation of the Metis.

ISBN

0919143245

LCCN

^^^83106453^//r91

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library