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Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Rekindling the Sacred Fire Mtis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality Author:Chantal Fiola Why don?t more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationsh... more »ips with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using a methodology rooted in an Indigenous worldview, Fiola interviews eighteen
people with Métis ancestry or a historic familial connection to the Red River Métis who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, sharing stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Eurocanadian cultures and spiritualities.« less