Talking with My Daughter About Archives: Métis Researchers and Genealogy

Jessie Loyer; Darrell Loyer

doi:10.18357/kula.140

Authors

Jessie Loyer Library, Mount Royal University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1172-1458
Darrell Loyer Independent Researcher

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18357/kula.140

Keywords:

Indigenous archives, genealogy research, Métis, oral history

Abstract

In a kitchen table discussion, a Métis genealogist and his Cree-Métis librarian daughter talk about the ways Indigenous people navigate archives, oral history, and research; discuss the inaccuracies that exist in records relating to Indigenous people; and consider the ways that records can supplement oral history about Métis culture.

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Author Biographies

Jessie Loyer, Library, Mount Royal University

Jessie Loyer is an associate professor and librarian at Mount Royal University.

Darrell Loyer, Independent Researcher

Darrell Loyer is a Métis genealogist.

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Talking with My Daughter About Archives

Métis Researchers and Genealogy

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