Rooster Town : the history of an urban Métis community, 1901-1961

Peters, Evelyn J. (Evelyn Joy) 1951- (author.).

Summary: Rooster Town, which grew on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg from 1901 to 1961, was one of many Métis communities on the edges of urban areas in Manitoba, and probably the most famous of them all. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, existing unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.

Record details

ISBN: 9780887558252 (paperback)
Physical Description: xviii, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Settler colonialsim and the dispossession of the Manitoba Metis -- The establishment and consolidation of Rooster Town, 1901-1911 -- Devising new economic and housing strategies: Rooster Town during thr first World War and after, 1916-1926 -- Persistence, growth and community: Rooster Town during and after the Great Depression, 1931-1946 -- Stereotyping, dissolution and dispersal: Rooster Town, 1951-1961.