A People and a Nation

In A People and a Nation, the authors, most of whom are themselves Mtis, offer readers a set of lenses through which to consider the complexity of historical and contemporary Mtis nationhood and peoplehood. The field of Mtis Studies has been afflicted by a longstanding tendency to situate Mtis within deeply racialized contexts, and/or by an overwhelming focus on the nineteenth century. This volume challenges the pervasive racialization of Mtis studies with multidisciplinary chapters on identity, history, politics, literature, spirituality, religion, and kinship networks, reorienting the conversation toward Mtis experiences today. In the process, this timely collection dismantles the narrow notions that continue to shape political, legal, and social understanding of Mtis existence, and convincingly demonstrates a more robust approach to Mtis studies that centres Mtis peoplehood and nationhood.