Metis Pioneers: Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed

Publisher's description (The University of Alberta Press, 2018): In Métis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Métis women born during the fur trade—one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson’s Bay Company tradition—who settled in southern Alberta as the Canadian West transitioned to a sedentary agricultural and industrial economy. MacKinnon provides rare insight into their lives, demonstrating the contributions Métis women made to the building of the Prairie West. This is a compelling tale of two women’s acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire. Doris Jeanne MacKinnon has a PhD in Indigenous and post-Confederation Canadian history.

Resource format: Non-Fiction

Age recommendation: Grade 12 - University

Keywords: survival strategies, fur trade, Métis women, Métis history, biography, fur trade

Year of publication: 2018

Publisher information: The University of Alberta Press