Prison of Grass; Canada from the native point of view by Adams, Howard

Toronto: New Press [0-88770-211-2] 1975. (Hardcover) 238pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Maps, bibliography, appendices, notes, index. Lightly edgeworn. "To the whites of Canada, 'Metis' means a light-coloured Indian. In Canadian history, 'halfbreed' refers specificallyto the group of people who are part Indian and part white. These halfbreed people did not have a choice as to whether they would be Indians or whites or in-between; society defined them as members of the native society and it still does today" -from the Preface. Book about Louis Riel. Locale: Canada; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Indians of N.A., Colonization--Canada, Government--Canada, Hudson's Bay Company, Indians of North America, Indigenous Peoples--Canada, Metis, Missionaries, Native Americans, Race Relations--Canada, Riel Rebellion).