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Gabriel Dumont : li chef michif in images and in words

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  • Author: Prefontaine, Darren R
    Contributor: Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
    Date:
    Created
    2011
    Summary:

    Gabriel Dumont is an iconic figure in Métis and Canadian history. In the popular imagination, he is well known for leading the Métis forces during the 1885 Resistance, and for being a renowned bison hunt leader, a Wild West show performer, and a husband to his beloved Madeleine. But outside of printed history and a fragmented oral history what do we really know about him? How has he been imagined over time? This book answers these questions by focusing on visual and journalistic representations of Gabriel Dumont through time and space. Compiled together for the first time, these eclectic sources provide poignant vignettes of Gabriel Dumont’s life, which will greatly contribute to our knowledge about him, and will further contribute to his legend.

    Contents:
    • Gabriel Dumont: hero of the Métis Nation: Kii Kischitaytakoshew aen niikaniit daan la naasyon dii Michif
    • Gabriel Dumont in historical photographs
    • Illustrated historical images of Gabriel Dumont
    • Material objects, places, and events related to Gabriel Dumont
    • Gabriel Dumont in film, documentaries, and theatre
    • Artistic representations of Gabriel Dumont
    • Images of Gabriel Dumont in books, magazines, graphic novels, and blogs
    • The public commemoration of Gabriel Dumont: Métis and pan-Canadian hero
    • Remembering Gabriel Dumont in newspapers, magazines, and antique books
    • Gabriel Dumont archival document listing
    • Endnotes.
    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies, Illustrated works, Indigenous materials
    Subject(s): Biography | Canada, Western | Dumont, Gabriel | Métis | Riel Rebellion, 1885 | Western Canada
    Original Publisher: Saskatoon, Gabriel Dumont Institute
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: Saskatchewan Book Awards 2012