A People and a NationIn A People and a Nation, the authors, most of whom are themselves Mtis, offer readers a set of lenses through which to consider the complexity of historical and contemporary Mtis nationhood and peoplehood. The field of Mtis Studies has been afflicted by a longstanding tendency to situate Mtis within deeply racialized contexts, and or by an overwhelming focus on the nineteenth century. This volume challenges the pervasive racialization of Mtis studies