Métis Pioneers: Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed [Doris Jeanne MacKinnon]

In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis 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 Metis 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.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of Alberta Press; Illustrated edition (Feb. 8 2018)
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 584 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1772122718