{"id":56461,"date":"2018-05-22T02:25:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T02:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=56461"},"modified":"2018-05-22T02:25:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T02:25:31","slug":"communing-with-the-dead-the-new-metis-metis-identity-appropriation-and-the-displacement-of-living-metis-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=56461","title":{"rendered":"Communing with the Dead: The \u201cNew M\u00e9tis,\u201d M\u00e9tis Identity Appropriation, and the Displacement of Living M\u00e9tis Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/693376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Communing with the Dead: The \u201cNew M\u00e9tis,\u201d M\u00e9tis Identity Appropriation, and the Displacement of Living M\u00e9tis Culture<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/journal\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The American Indian Quarterly<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/issue\/38490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volume 42, Number 2, Spring 2018<\/a><br \/>\npages 62-190<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adamgaudry.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Adam Gaudry<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nFaculty of Native Studies &amp; Department of Political Science<br \/>\n<em>University of Alberta<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M\u00e9tis<\/a> are witnessing an increase in the number of self-identified \u201cM\u00e9tis\u201d individuals and groups lacking affiliation with long-standing M\u00e9tis communities. For these groups, genealogical discovery of previously unknown Indian ancestors acts as a catalyst for personal self-discovery, spiritual growth, and ultimately the assertion of a M\u00e9tis identity, regardless of whether or not this identity is accepted by contemporary M\u00e9tis communities. These \u201cnew M\u00e9tis\u201d do not situate their M\u00e9tis identity in the lived practice of M\u00e9tis communities that have persisted for generations throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Canada<\/a> but in written genealogical reports that link them to long-dead Indigenous relatives who may not have even understood themselves to be M\u00e9tis. In light of this problematic \u201cnew M\u00e9tis\u201d orientation to \u201cthe dead,\u201d this article explores the narratives generated by the unprecedented growth of M\u00e9tis self-identification, particularly in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Canada<\/a>, and how shifting conceptions of M\u00e9tis identity have inaugurated a problematic \u201cnew M\u00e9tis\u201d subjectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communing with the Dead: The \u201cNew M\u00e9tis,\u201d M\u00e9tis Identity Appropriation, and the Displacement of Living M\u00e9tis Culture The American Indian Quarterly Volume 42, Number 2, Spring 2018 pages 62-190 Adam Gaudry, Assistant Professor Faculty of Native Studies &amp; Department of Political Science University of Alberta M\u00e9tis are witnessing an increase in the number of self-identified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1649,12,19,8],"tags":[27686,9213,920],"class_list":["post-56461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-articles","category-canada","category-media-archive","tag-adam-gaudry","tag-american-indian-quarterly","tag-the-american-indian-quarterly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56462,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56461\/revisions\/56462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}