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• Title:Métis politics and governance in Canada / Kelly Saunders and Janique Dubois.
  
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• Author/Creator:Saunders, Kelly, 1964- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Dubois, Janique, 1983- author.
  Xwi7xwa Collection.
  
• Published/Created:Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: CM S28 M47 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Métis--Self-government.
  Métis--Aboriginal rights.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects: Métis--Politics and government.
  
• Description:xx, 198 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"At a time when the Métis are becoming increasingly visible in Canadian politics, this book offers a novel and practical guide for understanding who they are, how they govern themselves, and the challenges they face on the path to self-government. The Métis have always been a political people. Kelly Saunders and Janique Dubois draw on interviews with Elders, leaders, and community members to reveal how the Métis are giving life to Louis Riel's vision of a self-governing Métis Nation within Canada. They look to the Métis language--Michif--to identify Métis principles of governance that emerged during the fur trade era and that continue to shape Métis governing structures. Both then and now, the Métis have engaged in political action to negotiate their place alongside federal and provincial partners in Confederation. As Canada engages in nation-to-nation relationships to advance reconciliation, this book provides timely insight into the Métis Nation's ongoing struggle to remain a free and self-governing Indigenous people."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780774860758 (hardcover)
  0774860758 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Foreword by Clément Chartier
  Foreword by Jason Madden
  Introduction
  1 La Noovel Naasyoon
  Métis Political Organization in Historical Perspective
  2 Lii Valeur di Goovarnimaan di Michif
  Principles of Métis Governance
  3 Lii Goovarnimaan di Michif
  Métis Governments
  4 Kiihtwaam Ooshtaahk lii Goovarnimaan di Michif
  (Re)building a Métis Civil Service
  5 Lii Faam di Naasyoon di Michif
  Mothers of the Métis Nation
  6 Li Shmayn ishi Tipaymishoohk
  The Road to Métis Self-Government
  Conclusion: Lii Drway di Naasyoon di Michif Ka Paashpiiwahk
  The Ongoing Struggle for Métis Rights.