Recollecting Environment accompany a multilingual French

accompany a multilingual French

support for the leadership of Georges Erasmus in the Assembly of First Nations

These Elders relate stories about their own lives

conflicts over who gets to live where and for how long

traditional stories

Recollecting Environment accompany a multilingual FrenchRecollecting is a rich collection of essays that illuminates the lives of late eighteenth century to mid twentieth century Aboriginal women, who have been overlooked in sweeping narratives of the history of the West. Some essays focus on individuals such as a trader, or a performer. Other essays examine cohorts of women such as wives, midwives, seamstresses, and nuns. Authors look beyond the documentary record and standard representations of women,