Giraud M. Métis Settlement in the North-west Territories
Document Type: Journal Articles (2)
Date of Document(s): 1956
Date Range Start : 1863
Date Range End: 1882
Indexing Progress: Finished
Date Range Start : 1863
Date Range End: 1882
Indexing Progress: Finished
Primary or Secondary Source: Secondary Source
Author: Giraud, M.
Title: Métis Settlement in the North-west Territories
Journal Title: From Saskatchewan History
Date of Publication: 1956
Date of Copyright: c1956
Volume ID: 9
Issue ID: 1
Location in Work: 1-16
Notes: paper and electronic copy/journal article
Abstract: In 1945 the Institue of Ethnology of the University of Paris published a monumental work on the métis in Canada, thus providing for the first time an adequate historical and sociological analysis of the development of this group in our population. This book, Le Métis Canadien, was written by M. Marcel Giraud, now Professor of the History of North American Civilization at the Collège de France. Professor Giraud's work is based on an exhaustive examination of a vast quantity of sources in public, Hudson's Bay Company and church archives in Canada, Great Britain and France; in addition Professor Giraud visited all the chief métis settlements in the Prairie Provinces, gathering information on social conditions as tey existed before the Second World War. The comprehensive character of his study is evidenced by the fact that it runs to nearly 1,300 pages, containing over 400,000 words. Being impressed with the important place of the métis in the early history of Saskatchewan and Western Canada generally, Saskatcehwan History presents in the following pages a translation of a portion of this work, with the object of making some of the information which it contains better known to those who are unable to consult Professor Giraud's book. The chapter which is reproduced here appears in the original under the title "L'exode vers l'Ouest." It was translated for Saskatchewan History by Mr. C.M. Chesney, M.A., whose services were made availabel for this purpose by the Economic Advisory and Planning Board, Government of Saskatchewan. We also wish to acknowledge the generous advice and assistance given by Professor Giraud. Permission to publish this chapter has been granted by the Institute of Ethnology, University of Paris, under the terms of their copyright.
Title: Métis Settlement in the North-west Territories
Journal Title: From Saskatchewan History
Date of Publication: 1956
Date of Copyright: c1956
Volume ID: 9
Issue ID: 1
Location in Work: 1-16
Notes: paper and electronic copy/journal article
Abstract: In 1945 the Institue of Ethnology of the University of Paris published a monumental work on the métis in Canada, thus providing for the first time an adequate historical and sociological analysis of the development of this group in our population. This book, Le Métis Canadien, was written by M. Marcel Giraud, now Professor of the History of North American Civilization at the Collège de France. Professor Giraud's work is based on an exhaustive examination of a vast quantity of sources in public, Hudson's Bay Company and church archives in Canada, Great Britain and France; in addition Professor Giraud visited all the chief métis settlements in the Prairie Provinces, gathering information on social conditions as tey existed before the Second World War. The comprehensive character of his study is evidenced by the fact that it runs to nearly 1,300 pages, containing over 400,000 words. Being impressed with the important place of the métis in the early history of Saskatchewan and Western Canada generally, Saskatcehwan History presents in the following pages a translation of a portion of this work, with the object of making some of the information which it contains better known to those who are unable to consult Professor Giraud's book. The chapter which is reproduced here appears in the original under the title "L'exode vers l'Ouest." It was translated for Saskatchewan History by Mr. C.M. Chesney, M.A., whose services were made availabel for this purpose by the Economic Advisory and Planning Board, Government of Saskatchewan. We also wish to acknowledge the generous advice and assistance given by Professor Giraud. Permission to publish this chapter has been granted by the Institute of Ethnology, University of Paris, under the terms of their copyright.