Métis Methodologies
Laura Forsythe editor Jennifer Markides editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Publishing:1st Sep '26
£28.95
This title is due to be published on 1st September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
An enriching and inviting collection, Métis Methodologies clarifies what makes Métis research methods distinct. Insightful and frank reflections on wide-ranging research applications guide readers toward rich research paradigms for ethical and relational scholarship on Métis life, kin, history, and homelands.
Positioned in the context of decolonial research, this collection argues that research undertaken by Métis scholars can and should reflect specific Métis experiences of colonization. This collection represents a groundbreaking contribution to Métis research methodologies. It offers a framework for conducting research in Métis contexts and serves as an accessible entry point for those interested in learning about Métis epistemology, ontology, and axiology. In response to a community request, this collection showcases Métis ways of knowing, being, and doing in research.
Through grounded examples in research projects on Michif language revitalization, land-based pedagogy, health research, digital storytelling, and literary criticism, readers will learn specific techniques for research in this important contribution to decolonial knowledge production and research methodologies.
“Métis Methodologies is a master class in cutting-edge thought, fierce creativity, and intellectual sovereignty. It offers the reader an experience on how Métis knowledge keepers visit, sit at a kitchen table, and debate, and how a nation critically defines itself. Encyclopedic and exceptional in scope and research, this collection of Métis brilliance represents a turning point in the field and forges paths for future Métis thinkers.”
-- Niigaan Sinclair, author of Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre“Reading this book felt like healing. It felt like a good kitchen table visit with some of the smartest folks I know. Métis Methodologies is a thorough and accessible compendium of Métis approaches to research and scholarship, and a beautiful meeting and sharing of ideas and histories. Chi Maarsii, cousins.”
-- katherena vermette, author of several books, most recently the poetry collection procession“Métis Methodologies is a powerful storying by Métis scholars who carry the stories and teachings of their Ancestors and communities in academic and communal spaces. This is an inspiring cultivation of contributors and Métis ways for others to look to and learn from.”
-- Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Starr Minthorn, Ph.D. (Kiowa/Apache/Nez Perce/Umatilla/Assiniboine), University of Oklahoma“This collection honours the diverse voices and lived experiences of Métis scholars, rooted in the unique realities of their communities. It reflects our shared and distinct knowledges, challenges, and hopes across generations. Grounded in relationality, accountability, resistance, revival, and celebration, this collection speaks to the strength and continuity of Métis identity.”
-- Verna St. Denis, University of SaskatchISBN: 9781773638225
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
Weight: 45g
256 pages