Burley, David. Creolization and Late Nineteenth Century Metis Vernacular Log Architecture on the South Saskatchewan River

Document Type: Journal Articles (2)
Date of Document(s): 2000
Date Range Start : 1800
Date Range End: 1880
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Primary or Secondary Source: Secondary Source
Author: Burley, David
Title: Creolization and Late Nineteenth Century Metis Vernacular Log Architecture on the South Saskatchewan River
Journal Title: From Historical Archaeology
Date of Publication: June 1 2000
Date of Copyright: c2000
Volume ID: 34
Issue ID: 3
Location in Work: 27-35
Notes: paper and electronic copy / Journal Article
Abstract: The ethnogenesis of Metis peoples of the western Canadian plains and parklands involved a creolizing process in which cultural traits from many different groups were adopted. An analysis of Metis vernacular log architecture on the South Saskatchewan River illustrates this clearly with individual building components derived from a number of different sources. These structural features are likened to the words of Michif, the Metis language, and their analysis informs upon Metis history and cultural interactions. The final building form, however, can be understood only through the grammar by which it was constructed. This grammar is configured by a Metis worldview that is organic and unbounded. The applicability of a linguistic analogy for the study of creolization is emphasized throughout.

Patronyms

Places

  • South Saskatchewan River

Subjects

  • Architecture
  • Buffalo Hunt
  • Buildings
  • Cultural Knowledge
  • Housing
  • Language
  • Metis Settlement
  • Michif
  • Red River
  • Red River Cart