Métis: Race, recognition, and the struggle for Indigenous peoplehood by Chris Andersen (review)

Leroux, Darryl

doi:10.1353/cch.2015.0033

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“…This debate flows into the harbour of nonstatus Indians, as the identity of Métis, as understood in terms of mixed European-Indigenous heritage, has been seen as an appropriate avenue to achieve legitimacy within some mixed-blood Indigenous communities (Naumann, 2008). Andersen (2014) and Chartrand (2003) starkly highlight this heated debate ongoing on Métis identity. A rigid hold on the historical legitimacy of the Métis identity stemming from a connection to Red River, while understandably a relevant line of reasoning for the boundaries of the Métis people, may be perceived as exclusionary to mixed-blood non-status Indians who have no other hope of attaining recognition for their Indigeneity except through recognition of their mixedness (Andersen, 2014;Chartrand, 2003).…”

Section: Analysis Of Existing Literaturementioning

confidence: 96%

“…Andersen (2014) and Chartrand (2003) starkly highlight this heated debate ongoing on Métis identity. A rigid hold on the historical legitimacy of the Métis identity stemming from a connection to Red River, while understandably a relevant line of reasoning for the boundaries of the Métis people, may be perceived as exclusionary to mixed-blood non-status Indians who have no other hope of attaining recognition for their Indigeneity except through recognition of their mixedness (Andersen, 2014;Chartrand, 2003). Like much debate regarding Indigeneity, it finds its justification in a historical narrative that negates the changing reality of Indigeneity in Canadian societies.…”

Section: Analysis Of Existing Literaturementioning

confidence: 96%

“…There is also division within the Métis based on descendance from either the Red River area, which is situated in modern-day Manitoba or that claim ancestry from other parts of North America. Andersen (2014), for instance, firmly asserts that the Métis people are a distinct culture originating from the Red River region. He proposes that this group should be understood in terms of peoplehood, rather than nationhood, and that their origin can be drawn through an events-based history in which their identity was cemented through key historic moments.…”

Section: The Métis Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Rather he stands firmly in the position that the Red River Métis are the only legitimate Métis, in that they are the ones that actually adopted this identity historically. His key argument rests on the premise that they can claim this identity because their ancestors did so (Andersen, 2014).…”

Section: The Métis Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similar to Gunn's assertions, Andersen declares that Métis should not be understood through a lens of Indianness, as this ultimately obscures a legitimate understanding of this people. He points to discrimination that the Métis have felt as they were understood as falling in-between Indigenous and European identities; with an underlying assumption on the purity of those opposing identities, Métis were understood to be something lesser (Andersen, 2014).…”

Section: The Métis Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Métis: Race, recognition, and the struggle for Indigenous peoplehood by Chris Andersen (review)

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Beyond binaries: mixed-blood Indigenous inequalities

Beyond binaries: mixed-blood Indigenous inequalities

The Pretendian Problem

What is “heard” at a pipeline hearing?: The gerrymandering of aurality in British Columbia, Canada

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