Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire : French-Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed Cayuga Language Language and Identity

Language and Identity

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Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire : French-Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed Cayuga Language Language and IdentityScott 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.