Talk:Robert McDonald (missionary)

meti?
One online source mentions McDonald's mother as Ojibwa. A seemingly more reputable source gave her name and identity as daughter of another trader. Thus, she may have been a Meti, or the source may have confused her with McDonald's wife, Julia Kutuq or Kuttig, who was of First Nation descent (though of a very different tribe). If McDonald was considered a meti, he may have experienced discrimination -- particularly as became inflamed during the Red River Rebellion I mentioned later. However, I don't have the time to do further research--I just wanted to post this page rather than have a link to a disambiguation page on his feast day tomorrow.Jweaver28 (talk)

When categorizing this page, I included McDonald as a Meti, as the source that anglicized his mother's name also anglicized his wife's. I also included him as of Canadian national significance, although I admit I know little of Canadian history. I suspect McDonald's trip to England after the Red River Rebellion was possibly vetting McDonald for one of the new bishoprics in the division of the diocese of Rupert's Land, which he didn't want or get (his fellow honoree John Horden as well as his new supervisor were English immigrants). McDonald's marriage shortly after the trip may be significant, since I think in that era only unmarried priests could be appointed bishops, but I may be wrong about that....Jweaver28 (talk) 00:06, 18 December 2013 (UTC)