List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Methodology and Sources
Note on Writing Conventions
Introduction
1 “They are strongly attached to the country of rivers, lakes, and forests”: The Social Landscapes of the Northwest
2 “The bond that connected one human being to another”: Social Construction of the Metis Family
3 “To live in the land of my Mother”: Residency and Patronymic Connections Across the Northwest
4 “After a man has tasted of the comforts of married life this living alone comes pretty tough”: Family, Acculturation, and Roman Catholicism
5 “The only men obtainable who know the country and Indians are all married”: Family, Labour, and the HBC
6 “The HalfBreeds of this place always did and always will dance”: Competition, Freemen, and Contested Spaces
7 “I Thought it advisable to furnish him”: Freemen to Free Traders in the Northwest Fur Trade
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
