Description
Why don't more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity?
In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using a methodology rooted in an Indigenous world view, Fiola interviews eighteen people with Métis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Métis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, sharing stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Eurocanadian cultures and spiritualities.
Author: Chantal Fiola
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Published: 04/17/2015
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780887557705
ISBN10: 0887557708
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Religion | Indigenous, Folk & Tribal
- History | Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
About the Author
Chantal Fiola is Métis Anishinaabe-Kwe from the Red River region of Manitoba. She teaches Native Studies at the University of Manitoba.