Download or read book Alexander Kennedy Isbister written by Barry Cooper and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1988-01-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born of mixed Scottish/Native Indian blood in what is now Saskatchewan, Isbister emigrated to Britain after he found his ambitions thwarted by Hudson's Bay Company policies regarding native-born employees. There he became a respected educator, but more important to this study, he also became the most persistent critic of the Company, and of British and Canadian policies dealing with the inhabitants of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories.