Clark, W. L. The Place of the Métis Within the Agricultural Economy of the Red River during the 1840s and the 1850s
Document Type: Journal Articles (2)
Date of Document(s): 1983
Date Range Start : 1840
Date Range End: 1850
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Date Range Start : 1840
Date Range End: 1850
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Primary or Secondary Source: Secondary Source
Author: Clark, W. L.
Title: The Place of the Métis Within the Agricultural Economy of the Red River during the 1840s and the 1850s
Journal Title: From The Canadian Journal of Native Studies
Date of Publication: 1983
Date of Copyright: c1983
Volume ID: III
Issue ID: 1
Location in Work: 69-84
Notes: paper and electronic copy / Journal Article
Abstract: The way of life of the Red River Metis of Manitoba combined farming activities with great summer and fall bison hunts. In general, the Metis were less successful at farming than other settlers in the area. Commentators have explained this phenomenon by suggesting that the Metis were an indolent people, or alternatively that farming and hunting could not effectively be carried on simultaneouslly. The author concludes from his study that agriculture among the Metis should be viewed as an activity supplementary to the hunt.
Title: The Place of the Métis Within the Agricultural Economy of the Red River during the 1840s and the 1850s
Journal Title: From The Canadian Journal of Native Studies
Date of Publication: 1983
Date of Copyright: c1983
Volume ID: III
Issue ID: 1
Location in Work: 69-84
Notes: paper and electronic copy / Journal Article
Abstract: The way of life of the Red River Metis of Manitoba combined farming activities with great summer and fall bison hunts. In general, the Metis were less successful at farming than other settlers in the area. Commentators have explained this phenomenon by suggesting that the Metis were an indolent people, or alternatively that farming and hunting could not effectively be carried on simultaneouslly. The author concludes from his study that agriculture among the Metis should be viewed as an activity supplementary to the hunt.