“The Métis matriarchs highlighted in the book are memorable characters, their stories laden with plots akin to fiction; their own words, a living dialogue, are often told by their descendants. Many Canadians today will find glimmers of their own past hidden in these words.”—Canada’s History 

"We need more books such as Métis Matriarchs."—Connor Kerr, author of Prairie Edge 

“We are brought to feel the lasting presence of these women: their healing medicine, their recipes, and heirlooms like birchbark baskets, pheasant feather hats, tanned cattle hides and fiddles…These strong women are the root system of exemplary cultures where all life is valued.”—The BC Review  

“Scholarship and memoir work together in this book to document the courage, entrepreneurial skill, faith, and furious determination of women whose names and stories deserved to be known and told before now. Essential reading for any Canadian woman.”—Saskatchewan Book Awards Indigenous People’s Publishing Award Juror Citation

“A nuanced account of the lives of Métis women and their vital roles as they helped guide their families and communities through generations of transitions.” —Michel Hogue, author of Métis and the Medicine Line

“Métis Matriarchs is the book we’ve all been waiting for—the authors of these lovingly crafted and researched essays are re-positioning women and bringing them to the forefront of our history, experience, and way of life.” —Brenda Macdougall, author of One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan

“Métis Matriarchs is a thoughtful collection of essays that explore the agency of Métis women, both past and present, in maintaining the cultural and economic survival of their communities.” —Heather Devine, Professor Emerita, University of Calgary

“Richly detailed, deeply researched, and beautifully written portraits of resilient, tenacious, resourceful, and determined women who provided for and protected their families and communities, and who worked to preserve and promote Métis culture, history, and art. They were healers, midwives, artists, farmers, teachers, and more. They were beacons of stability and keepers of memory and culture during years of colonial intrusion and upheaval. They were makers of Canadian history.” —Sarah Carter

“I loved spending time with these magnificent Métis women—subjects and authors alike. We have been waiting a long time to raise up the Métis women icons who have been a vital but often overlooked part of our story. They’re gathered here: listen!” —Kim Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Storying Indigenous Relational Futures and Professor, The University of Guelph