Métis Pioneers
By Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
A tale of two women's acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire.
In Métis Pioneers, MacKinnon compares the lives of two Métis women - Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed. Both were born during the fur trade – one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition and settled in Southern Alberta as the fur trade declined. This story provides rare insight into their lives and demonstrates the contributions Métis women made to building the Prairie West.
By Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
A tale of two women's acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire.
In Métis Pioneers, MacKinnon compares the lives of two Métis women - Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed. Both were born during the fur trade – one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition and settled in Southern Alberta as the fur trade declined. This story provides rare insight into their lives and demonstrates the contributions Métis women made to building the Prairie West.
By Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
A tale of two women's acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire.
In Métis Pioneers, MacKinnon compares the lives of two Métis women - Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed. Both were born during the fur trade – one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition and settled in Southern Alberta as the fur trade declined. This story provides rare insight into their lives and demonstrates the contributions Métis women made to building the Prairie West.