Wow, John, what an unexpected and wonderful effort to find in my notifications after being on the road for days and days! I appreciate your thoughts on this very much, and it was great to see you a couple weeks ago. Miigwech, thank you!
Thanks for asking! Personally, I would vote to keep stories of the Metis separate from Judeo-Christian folklore. As I see it, the Metis were never "beyond the Euphrates" and were not exiled. The settler culture dispossessed them even more thoroughly than other Indigenous tribes, after which they lived among us. I suspect they would also argue against the notion that the tribe was "lost" or would "return" (especially as a Messianic precursor). They've always been here. Chris' journey to celebrating his roots parallels not so much a tribe's "return" as the settler culture's journey to discovering their ongoing existence.
Wow, John, what an unexpected and wonderful effort to find in my notifications after being on the road for days and days! I appreciate your thoughts on this very much, and it was great to see you a couple weeks ago. Miigwech, thank you!
And thank YOU for the subscription and recommendation. I am so thrilled for all your success.
Thanks for your insights. Is there a real or metaphorical identity to this story? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Lost_Tribes
Thanks for asking! Personally, I would vote to keep stories of the Metis separate from Judeo-Christian folklore. As I see it, the Metis were never "beyond the Euphrates" and were not exiled. The settler culture dispossessed them even more thoroughly than other Indigenous tribes, after which they lived among us. I suspect they would also argue against the notion that the tribe was "lost" or would "return" (especially as a Messianic precursor). They've always been here. Chris' journey to celebrating his roots parallels not so much a tribe's "return" as the settler culture's journey to discovering their ongoing existence.
Thanks for this review.