Debating Metis Rights

Abstract

Thomas Flanagan usually manages to place himself at the centre of controversy whenever he writes about the Metis. While his work may often appear to be motivated by ideology rather than the persuasiveness of historical evidence, he nevertheless has provided a consistent academic argument in his various writings on Riel and the Metis(see in particular his Louis 'David' Riel: 'Prophet of the New World') that those more sympathetic to the Metis experience must counter.