Songs Upon the Rivers: The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Across to the P

Before the Davie Crockets, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade and kin networks across the continent. They founded settlements that would become great cities such as Detroit, Saint Louis, and New Orleans, but their history has been largely buried or relegated to local lore or confined to Quebec. In this seminal work, Foxcurran, Bouchard, and Malette scrutinize primary sources and uncover the alliances between early French settlers and voyagers and the indigenous nations.

Author: Michel Bouchard, Robert Foxcurran, Sébastien Malette
Publisher: Baraka Books
Published: 10/26/2016
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781771860819
ISBN10: 1771860812
BISAC Categories:
- History | North American
- History | Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies

About the Author
Dr. Michel Bouchard is Chair and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia. Robert Foxcurran is an independent historian who grew up in up in a military family, including several years each in France and Japan. Sébastien Malette is an Assistant Professor of law at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.