Halfbreed (Redacted Edition)

Halfbreed (Redacted Edition)

Métis women - Canada; Indigenous peoples - Canada; Colonialism - Canada; Autobiography; Sexual Violence

First edition of Halfbreed (1973), an autobiographical account of Maria Campbell's life as a Métis woman in Canada. The text documents her experiences dealing with poverty, discrimination, and colonial violence. Passages describing her sexual assault by an RCMP officer were removed before publication by the publisher to avoid the risk of the RCMP issuing an injunction to prevent the book from being released. These passages were later restored in a 2019 edition.

Campbell, Maria

McClelland & Stewart

1973

All rights reserved. 1973 Maria Campbell © The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without the prior written consent of the publisher—or, in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency—is an infringement of the copyright law.

Restored publication of Halfbreed (2019 edition); Referenced by CBC Radio article on chapter restoration (2019)

Digital volume; 196 pages

English

Text; Book

ISBN: 0887801161

Canada; 1973 Editorial redaction