{"product_id":"the-free-people-li-diane-p-payment-9781552382394","title":"The Free People - Li Gens Libres: A History of the M騁is Community of Batoche, Saskatchewan","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevised and expanded to include fresh research, a discussion of recent interpretive trends, and a review of new literature, The \u003cem\u003eFree People--Li Gens Libres\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive history of the M騁is community and national historic site of Batoche, Saskatchewan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiane Payment has a long personal association with Batoche; her study is the culmination of thirty years of documentary and field research as a participant-observer within the community. Her inquiry draws on a range of dictated and written historical sources, both M騁is and non-M騁is, as well as more recent oral history narratives and personal observations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Free People\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the few studies on M騁is communities in western and northern Canada. Payment's approach demonstrates that any understanding of M騁is culture cannot be based on European or Euro-Canadian historical models, but on its own values and traditions. She argues that Batoche has persisted as a community despite conflict, crisis, and prejudice from immigrant ethnic groups and institutions such as the Canadian government and the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding in maintaining its uniquely M騁is identity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane P. Payment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552382397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552382394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Calgary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010","brand":"Diane P. Payment","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991592337663,"sku":"9781552382394","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f98d448c-acce-4c58-819c-467623a5f8f1.jpg?v=1683311145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-free-people-li-diane-p-payment-9781552382394","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}