Focusing upon the Mission Métis of Lac la Biche, the author examines the use of French, Cree, and English as a means of garnering insight into the mechanisms o

Traces the ethnolinguistic development of the Canadian Metis in general and the Mission Metis of Lac La Biche, Alberta in particular. The author hopes to show h

Canada’s history, since its birth as a nation one hundred and fifty years ago, is one of immigration, nation-building, and contested racial and ethnic relatio

This book contributes to a more balanced view of the most dramatic results of language contact by presenting linguistic and historical sketches of lesser-known

A revised version of the author's 2001 doctoral dissertation.