{"product_id":"free-people-li-gens-libres-a-history-of-the-metis-community-of-batoche-saskatchewan-9781552382394","title":"Free People - Li Gens Libres: A History of the Metis Community of Batoche, Saskatchewan","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevised and expanded to include fresh research, a discussion of recent interpretive trends, and a review of new literature, The \u003cem\u003eFree People--Li Gens Libres\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive history of the M tis community and national historic site of Batoche, Saskatchewan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiane Payment has a long personal association with Batoche; her study is the culmination of thirty years of documentary and field research as a participant-observer within the community. Her inquiry draws on a range of dictated and written historical sources, both M tis and non-M tis, as well as more recent oral history narratives and personal observations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Free People\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the few studies on M tis communities in western and northern Canada. Payment's approach demonstrates that any understanding of M tis culture cannot be based on European or Euro-Canadian historical models, but on its own values and traditions. She argues that Batoche has persisted as a community despite conflict, crisis, and prejudice from immigrant ethnic groups and institutions such as the Canadian government and the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding in maintaining its uniquely M tis identity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Calgary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552382394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diane P. Payment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659535773852,"sku":"9781552382394","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7196d220-b019-41f4-8f0d-f30bba78b484.jpg?v=1603895019","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/free-people-li-gens-libres-a-history-of-the-metis-community-of-batoche-saskatchewan-9781552382394","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}