scholarly journals Barman, Jean, French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver, UBC Press, 2014, 472 pages

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Alexandre Michaud
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-135
Author(s):  
Stacy Nation-Knapper

Dr. Barman’s award-winning study is a resource to the Indigenous and non-Indigenous people of the Columbia River Plateau and the Pacific Northwest, an environmentally and culturally diverse region that now encompasses two countries, two provinces, three states, and many Indigenous communities. For Indigenous communities of the region, French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest provides an important context of colonialism, global economics, and the complicated nature of cross-cultural encounters. For non-Indigenous communities, the book also encourages an appreciation for the complexities of history often overlooked by celebratory histories of colonization. French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest is a resource in which people see themselves and their families in a complicated, accessible, and inspiring story of the past.


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Jean Barman

Along with expressing appreciation to the four insightful commentators, this response attends to the two most asked questions respecting the book.  Why did you write it?  And why did you write a book about us?


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-146
Author(s):  
Heather Devine

Over the past year, several excellent new publications focused on the histories of mixed-race French-Canadian communities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Of these books, Jean Barman’s French Canadians, Furs and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest merits special attention, because the author has successfully sought out, and integrated, vernacular voices as historical sources. And for this reason, Jean Barman is sometimes referred to as a “vernacular,” or grassroots historian. What is vernacular history? Is this genre a product of methodology or of one’s worldview? And can a vernacular approach to history help scholars navigate the increasingly politicised environment of indigenous studies? The author reflects on these questions, by sharing some of her personal experiences with Jean Barman that illustrate the complexity of the issues surrounding indigenous historical practice today.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 452
Author(s):  
Margaret H. Massie ◽  
Todd M. Wilson ◽  
Anita T. Morzillo ◽  
Emilie B. Henderson

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