Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961
Autor Evelyn Peters, Matthew Stock, Adrian Werneren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2018
Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coulee. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba, but Rooster Town, which endured on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg from 1901 to 1961, is probably the most famous of them all.
Those years in Winnipeg were characterized by the twin pressures of depression and inflation, chronic housing shortages, and a spotty social support network. At the city’s edge, Rooster Town grew without city services as rural Métis arrived to participate in the urban economy and build their own houses. Métis culture and community remained a central part of their lives.
In other growing settler cities, the First Nations experience was largely characterized by removal and confinement. But the continuing presence of Métis living and working in Winnipeg, and the establishment of Rooster Town itself, made the Métis experience unique. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, whose residents existed unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, while navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.
Those years in Winnipeg were characterized by the twin pressures of depression and inflation, chronic housing shortages, and a spotty social support network. At the city’s edge, Rooster Town grew without city services as rural Métis arrived to participate in the urban economy and build their own houses. Métis culture and community remained a central part of their lives.
In other growing settler cities, the First Nations experience was largely characterized by removal and confinement. But the continuing presence of Métis living and working in Winnipeg, and the establishment of Rooster Town itself, made the Métis experience unique. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, whose residents existed unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, while navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780887558252
ISBN-10: 0887558259
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Manitoba Press
Colecția University of Manitoba Press
ISBN-10: 0887558259
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Manitoba Press
Colecția University of Manitoba Press
Notă biografică
EVELYN PETERS is an urban social geographer whose research has focused on First Nations and Métis people in cities. She taught in the University of Winnipeg’s Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies, where she held a Canada Research Chair in Inner-City Issues, Community Learning, and Engagement.
MATTHEW STOCK lives in Ottawa, Ontario, where he works as a civil servant. His research interests include social policy and Canadian history.
ADRIAN WERNER is a GIS analyst whose work has included research in urban form and urban history.
MATTHEW STOCK lives in Ottawa, Ontario, where he works as a civil servant. His research interests include social policy and Canadian history.
ADRIAN WERNER is a GIS analyst whose work has included research in urban form and urban history.
Descriere
Rooster Town, which grew on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg from 1901 to 1961, was one of many Métis communities on the edges of urban areas in Manitoba, and probably the most famous of them all. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, existing unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.