Brenda macdougall

Biography

Dr. Macdougall's first book, One of the Family: Metis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan (University of British Columbia, Winter 2010), was the 2011 winner of the Canadian Historical Association's Clio Prize for best book in the Prairie division. One of the Family explores the history of Metis communities in northwestern Saskatchewan within a system of family relationships and as rooted in a particular place. As a part of that work, she collaborated with researchers from the Universities of Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as the Northwest Saskatchewan Metis Council to produce an atlas of the Metis experience in northwestern Saskatchewan (forthcoming). More recently she is the co-editor of Contours of Metis Landscapes: Family, Mobility, and History in Northwestern North America (University of Oklahoma Press, 2012) with Drs. Nicole St-Onge and Carolyn Podruchny. Dr. Macdougall was appointed as the Chair of Métis Research at the University of Ottawa and as such will begin engaging in Ontario-based Metis historical and community research. Prior to this appointment, she was a member of the Department of Native Studies, University of Saskatchewan. 

Research Interest

 (1) Metis history and culture; (2) Landscape and memory; (3) Social networking and geneology research; (4) Historical processes of identity formation by Aboriginal people (Metis and/or First Nations); (5) Processes of identity formation and reformation as a result of state mandated enfranchisement whether of a community or individuals