Stories of the Road Allowance People explained

Author:	Maria Campbell
Isbn:	978-0920915998
Pub Date:	1995
Subject:	Road allowance communities
Country:	Canada
Genre:	Non-fiction
Publisher:	Theytus Books
Illustrator:	Sherry Farrell Racette

Stories of the Road Allowance People is a 1995 book by Maria Campbell.^{[1] [2]}

The book captures the stories of Métis elders, and is a translation from Mitchif.

Publication and synopsis

Stories of the Road Allowance People was written by Métis author Maria Campbell, who grew up in a road allowance community in Saskatchewan.

It was first published in 1995 by Theytus Books.^[3] A revised edition was published by the Gabriel Durmont Institute in 2010.^[4] The first edition was illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette.^[5]

The author translated stories told to her in Mitchif into Metis village oral English The book consists of eight stories, written in the Mitchif common vernacular, or "village English", used by the male story tellers, rather than in standard English. The stories vary thematically including stories of tragedy and humour.

Story titles include "Good Dog Bob", a story of marital infidelity.^[6]

Critical reception

Writer Penny van Toorn described the book as "One of the most powerful and brilliantly presented books published in the 1990s."

External links

• Publishers webpage

Notes and References

1. Neuhaus . Mareike . 2010 . The Marriage of Mother and Father: Michif Influences as Expressions of Métis Intellectual Sovereignty in Stories of the Road Allowance People . 10.5250/studamerindilite.22.1.20 . Studies in American Indian Literatures . 22 . 1 . 20–48 . 10.5250/studamerindilite.22.1.20 .
2. Web site: Métis Road Allowance Communities . 2023-08-21 . . en.
3. Murray . Laura J. . 1999 . Economies of Experience in The Book of Jessica . 464348 . Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature . 18 . 1 . 91–111 . 10.2307/464348.
4. Web site: Stories of the Road Allowance People: The Revised Edition . 2023-08-21 . . en-US.
5. Van Toorn . Penny . Aboriginal writing . The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature . 5 February 2004 . 22–48 . . 10.1017/CCOL0521814413.002 . 9780521814416 .
6. . Mulholland . Valerie . RE-SETTLING THE MARGINS: USING POSTCOLONIAL THEORY TO RETELL OUR STORY . English Quarterly Canada . 39 . 3/4 . 2007 . 22–30 .