Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples: Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia

400 Pages·2013·9.291 MB·English

by  Graeme Morton, David A. Wilson

irish and scottish encounters
with indigenous peoples
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Irish and Scottish Encounters
with Indigenous Peoples
Canada, the United States,
New Zealand, and Australia
Edited by
graeme morton and david a. wilson
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montreal & Kingston London Ithaca
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© McGill-Queen’s University Press 2013
ISBN 978-0-7735–4150-4 (cloth)
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“The Great European Migration and Indigenous Populations”
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Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge
the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada
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Irish and Scottish encounters with indigenous peoples: Canada, the
United States, New Zealand, and Australia / edited by Graeme Morton
and David A. Wilson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7735-4150-4 (bound). – ISBN 978-0-7735-4151-1 (pbk.)
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1. Indigenous peoples – Colonization.  2. Irish – Colonization.  3. Scots –
Colonization.  4. Ethnic relations.  5. Irish – Foreign countries – History.
6. Scots – Foreign countries – History.  I. Morton, Graeme  II. Wilson,
David A., 1950–  III. Title.
jv305.I75 2013 325'.3 C2013-900495-5
This book was typeset by Interscript in 10.5/13 Sabon.
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Contents
Figures vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction
David A. Wilson 3
1 T he Great European Migration and Indigenous Populations
Donald Harman Akenson 22
2 James Mooney (1861–1921): The “Indian Man” and the
“Irish Catholic”
Pádraig Ó Siadhail 49
3 Jeremiah and Alma Curtin’s Indian Journeys
John Eastlake 71
4 Transnational Dimensions of Irish Anti-Imperialism, 1842–54
Cian T. McMahon 92
5 Shamrock Aborigines: The Irish, the Aboriginal Australians,
and Their Children
Ann McGrath 108
6 “It Is Curious How Keenly Allied in Character Are the Scotch
Highlander and the Maori”: Encounters in a New Zealand
Colonial Settlement
Brad Patterson 144
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vi Contents
7 A Thorough Indian: Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Thomas Moore,
Adam Kidd, and Irish Identifications with Aboriginal Culture
in Canadian Literature
Michele Holmgren 170
8 Michael Power, the Catholic Church, and the Evangelization
of the First Nations Peoples of Western Upper Canada, 1841–48
Mark G. McGowan 195
9 Observations of a Scottish Moralist: Indigenous Peoples
and the Nationalities of Canada
Andrew Hinson and Graeme Morton 220
10 “Going to the Land of the Yellow Men”: The Representation
of Indigenous Americans in Scottish Gaelic Literature
Michael Newton 236
11 Transatlantic Rhythms: To the Far Nor’Wast and Back Again
Patricia A. McCormack 253
12 The Fur Traders’ Garden: Horticultural Imperialism in
Rupert’s Land, 1670–1770
Beverly Soloway 287
13 Arctic Encounters: Twentieth-Century Scots in the Hudson’s
Bay Company
Marjory Harper 304
14 Aboriginal Fiddling: The Scottish Connection
Anne Lederman 323
15 “Teller of Tales”: John Buchan, First Baron Tweedsmuir,
and Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples
Kevin Hutchings 341
Contributors 371
Index 377
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Figures
6.1 Turakina and the Rangitikei block 148
8.1 Portrait of Michael Power 198
8.2 Map of southern portions of the Diocese of Toronto 200
11.1 The Orkney Islands 261
11.2 The Isle of Lewis 264
14.1 “McDonald’s Reel” (nineteenth-century version of the eighteenth-
century Scottish tune “Lord Alexander MacDonald’s Reel”) 326
14.2 “Le p’tit bûcheux,” André Alain, Quebec (Quebec version of
“Lord MacDonald’s Reel”) 326
14.3 “MacDonald’s Reel,” Manitoba 327
14.4 “Duck Dance,” Allan Benjamin, Old Crow (a version of the
Scottish “Fairy Dance”) 330
14.5 “Drops of Brandy” (Scottish) 331
14.6 “Le brandy,” Quebec 331
14.7 “Drops of Brandy,” Walter Flett, Manitoba 331
14.8 “Grande gigue simple,” La Bottine Souriante, Quebec 333
14.9 “The Red River Jig,” Laurence “Teddy Boy” Houle, Winnipeg,
Manitoba 333
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Acknowledgments
We thank Cairns Craig and the Research Institute of Irish and
Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen for their support,
without which this book would never have seen the light of day. At
St Michael’s College, special thanks go to Jean Talman, whose orga-
nizational skills and attention to detail are unmatched. We also
thank the Scottish Studies Foundation for their support in Guelph.
At McGill-Queen’s University Press, Kyla Madden’s editorial acu-
men, enthusiasm, and sunny disposition have helped us along every
step of the journey. And we express our appreciation for the work of
copyeditor Robert Lewis, who transformed a bewildering variety of
footnote and bibliographical styles into a consistent presentation.
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