Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire : French-Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed Maori Lafferty (Northern Wildflower

Lafferty (Northern Wildflower

The book examines the battles First Nations waged against their respective provincial governments for the right to legally open their gaming operations

Bartleman creates the main character Oscar Wolf

The family speaks the Dehcho language and Sheyenne is learning the Dene Yatie language from her grandparents and in language class at the local school

This teen novel

Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire : French-Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed Maori Lafferty (Northern WildflowerScott Berthelette is Red River Mtis, a member of the Manitoba Mtis Federation and author of Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire : French Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Mtis in the Hudson Bay Watershed. The fur trade was the heart of the French empire in early North America. The French Canadian (Canadien) men who traversed the vast hinterlands of the Hudson Bay watershed, trading for furs from Indigenous trappers and hunters, were its cornerstone.