In about 1800, fur trader Charles Ermatinger married an Obijwa woman, Mananowe. Their three sons grew up with both their mother?s hunter/warrior culture and their father?s European culture. As adults, they lived adventurously in Montreal and St Thomas, where they were accepted and loved by fellow citizens while publicly retaining their Ojibwa heritage.
The Ermatingers contrasts the ?European? commercial and trading society in urban Montreal, where Charles was brought up, with the Ojibwa hunter/warrior values of Mananowe?s society. Their sons variously risked life at war in Spain and in the Upper and Lower Canada rebellions, policed Montreal streets in an era of riots, spied on the Fenians on the US border, and made a hazardous journey to help establish the Canadian Pacific Railway?s route. Brian Stewart argues that the sons? Ojibwa traditions and values shaped their adult lives: during their adventures, the sons fought for Native rights for themselves as well as for Ojibwa relatives and friends.
The Ermatingers is an exciting story that contributes to our understanding of Indian and European biculturalism and its effects on those who make up the various forms of M?tis society today. It will appeal to general readers as well as scholars and students in Native studies and Canadian history.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: (p. [190]-200) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.004/973330922
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780774812337 9780774855921
- LCCN
- F1054.5.M89
- LCCN Item number
- M48 2007eb
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- NLC
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- 1 electronic text (viii, [iv], 207 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00214538 (OCoLC)650011497 (CaOOCEL)408599
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Figures 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Introduction 16
- 1 The Urban Canadian Grandparents 23
- 2 The Upper Country Ojibwa Grandparent 31
- 3 Charles Sr’s Fur Trade Career 42
- 4 Charles and Charlotte in Montreal 53
- 5 A Wild Man’s Land and a World of Virgil 63
- 6 Farmer and Cavalryman 73
- 7 Ojibwa Chief and Montreal Police Officer 87
- 8 Soldier, Clerk, and a Last Adventure 98
- 9 Dandy Turned Hero 111
- 10 Suppressing Riots in Montreal 119
- 11 Murder, Militia, and Military Intelligence 132
- 12 “The Girls Have Turned out to Be Fine Women” 145
- 13 A Lost Past, a Future Unattained 156
- Appendix A: Extract from John Bigsby’s Journal, 1850 162
- Appendix B: Petitions of Charlotte Katawabidai 167
- Appendix C: Two Brothers, Charles and George 173
- Appendix D: Charles Oakes, An Honest Man? 175
- Appendix E: Lawrence and Jemima’s Other Children 178
- Notes 181
- Bibliography 203
- Index 214
- A 214
- B 214
- C 214
- D 215
- E 215
- F 216
- G 216
- H 217
- I 217
- J 217
- K 217
- L 217
- M 217
- N 218
- O 218
- P 218
- Q 219
- R 219
- S 219
- T 219
- U 219
- V 219
- W 219
- X 220
- Y 220
