Foran, Timothy P. <br/><br/>
Defining Métis :  Catholic Missionaries and the Idea of Civilization in Northwestern Saskatchewan, 1845-1898. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (236 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: From sauvage to métis: The Evolution of Missionary-Made Categories at Île-à-la-Crosse -- Chapter 1: Saint-Jean-Baptiste in an Evolving Mission Network -- Chapter 2: Oblate Perceptions of the Hudson's Bay Company -- Chapter 3: Oblates and the Beginnings of Residential Education -- Chapter 4: Oblates and the Categorization of Indigeneity -- Conclusion: La civilisation moderne: The World Came Seeping In -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix: The Evolution of a Catholic Mission Network: Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Its Outposts, 1852-72 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Defining Métis examines categories used in the latter half of the nineteenth century by Catholic missionaries to describe Indigenous people in what is now northwestern Saskatchewan. It argues that the construction and evolution of these categories reflected missionaries'changing interests and agendas. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780887555114 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Oblates of Mary Immaculate-Missions-Saskatchewan-History-19th century.<br/>Métis-Missions-Saskatchewan-History-19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV2300.O2 .F673 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>271/.76071241