The People Who Own Themselves : Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900

Table of Contents

• Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s 6
• I l l u s t r a t i o n s 10
• P r e f a c e 12
• D e f i n i t i o n s 16
• A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s 20
• A p p r o a c h i n g t h e S t o r i e s o f t h e D e s j a r l a i s F a m i l y M e t h o d s a n d G o a l s 22
• Data Collection and Analysis 32
• Conclusion 37
• T h e S o c i a l C o n t e x t s o f E u r o p e a n d N e w F r a n c e 40
• The Psychological Terrain of Early Modern Europe 40
• Enter Jean-Jacques De Gerlaise 44
• Les Desjarlais and the Fur Trade Prior to the Conquest 67
• Conclusion 71
• F r o m t h e S t . L a w r e n c e t o S t . L o u i s 74
• The Fur Trade of the Mississippi Valley 75
• Marriage as Business The Robidoux Family 88
• Conclusion 93
• T h e E m e r g e n c e o f F r e e m e n i n R u p e r t s L a n d 96
• The Desjarlais in Ruperts Land 97
• The Dispersion of the Desjarlais Freeman Band 113
• The Social Dynamics of Boreal Forest Hunting Bands 122
• Conclusion 129
• M i g r a t i o n a n d R e t r e n c h m e n t 1 8 2 1 1 8 6 9 132
• The Establishment of Missions at Red River 133
• The Emergence of Métis Populations in the Athabasca Region 143
• The Struggle for Free Trade 151
• Conclusion 159
• Tr e a t i e s a n d R e b e l l i o n 162
• The Onset of the Rebellion of 1885 169
• Conclusion 187
• S o m e D i f f i c u l t C h o i c e s T h e D e s j a r l a i s a f t e r 1 8 8 5 190
• The Aftermath of the Rebellion 190
• Conditions in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan 193
• Northern Alberta After 1885 196
• The Transition to Settlement in Northern Alberta 200
• St. Paul des Métis 204
• Treaty Number Eight 207
• The Promised Land 212
• Conclusion 214
• T h e P e o p l e W h o O w n T h e m s e l v e s 218
• A p p e n d i x 1 232
• A N o t e o n S o u r c e s 232
• Parish Records 233
• Scrip 236
• Indian Affairs Documents 237
• The Desjarlais Family in the Records 238
• Conclusion 243
• A p p e n d i x 2 244
• N a m i n g P r a c t i c e s 244
• Name Variation Spelling and the Problem with dit 244
• Aboriginal Naming Practices 250
• Conclusion 255
• A p p e n d i x 3 258
• G e n e a l o g i c a l C h a r t s 258
• N o t e s 260
• B i b l i o g r a p h y 318
• Primary Sources 318
• Published Primary Sources 320
• Secondary Sources 322
• I n d e x 340