Native People, Native Lands
Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis
Published on 15. October 1987
315 pages
978-0-7735-8148-7 (ISBN)
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The changing roles of native women, devices for assimilation, the re-birth of the Metis: these are among the issues examined in this collection of provocative essays which explore the link between aboriginal culture and economic patterns.
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Content
- COVER
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I: THE GREAT LAKES - ST. LAWRENCE REGION
- CHAPTER 1 The Iroquois Wars and Native Arms
- The Dutch
- Iroquois Guns
- The 400 Guns of the Mohawk
- The Operational Parameters of the Seventeenth Century Musket
- Notes
- CHAPTER 2 Epidemics: The Forgotten Factor in Seventeenth Century Native Warfare in the St. Lawrence Region
- The Epidemics
- Post-Epidemic Warfare
- Notes
- CHAPTER 3 Ktaqamkuk Ilnui Saqimawoutie: Aboriginal Rights and the Myth of the Micmac Mercenaries in Newfoundland
- The Micmac Mercenary Myth
- The "Magic Date
- Archaeological Evidence
- Other Contributions by Anthropologists
- Epilogue
- Notes
- CHAPTER 4 Families of Mixed Descent in the Western Great Lakes Region
- Self-Ascription
- Ascription by Outsiders
- Mating and Marriage Patterns
- The Requirements for the Development of an Ethnic Identity
- Notes
- PART II: THE BOREAL FOREST
- CHAPTER 5 The Significance of Hunting Territories Today
- Notes
- CHAPTER 6 Waswanipi Cree Management of Land and Wildlife: Cree Ethno-Ecology Revisited
- Introduction
- Some Features of the Waswanipi Ethno-Ecosystem
- Waswanipi Hunting Recipes
- Waswanipi Resource Management
- Conclusions
- Afterword, 1973
- Postscript, 1986
- Notes
- CHAPTER 7 The Innu Bands of Labrador
- Notes
- CHAPTER 8 The Home Guard Cree and the Hudson's Bay Company: The First Hundred Years
- Notes
- PART III: THE PRAIRIES
- CHAPTER 9 The Métis Nation: Buffalo Hunting versus Agriculture in the Red River Settlement, 1810-1870
- The Nature of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in the Red River Settlement
- The Contributions of the Red River Métis
- Conclusions
- Notes
- CHAPTER 10 The Métis: Genesis and Rebirth
- Acadia and New France
- Métis Communities in the Great Lakes Region
- Natives of Hudson's Bay
- Ethnogenesis in Red River
- Red River to the 1870s
- Métis Renaissance: The 1980s
- Notes
- CHAPTER 11 Indian Reserves in Western Canada: Indian Homelands or Devices for Assimilation?
- Notes
- PART IV: THE PACIFIC REGION
- CHAPTER 12 Slave Raiding on the North Pacific Coast
- Slavery
- War
- Slave Raids
- Conclusions
- Notes
- CHAPTER 13 Women Traders in the Maritime Fur Trade
- Maritime Fur Trade
- Women Traders
- Women's Traditional Economic Roles
- Property Ownership
- Women's Role in Trade
- Conclusions
- Notes
- CHAPTER 14 Fishing is Women's Business: Changing Economic Roles of Carrier Women and Men
- The Indigenous Economy and Social Organization
- Economic Transition and Changing Relationships to the Land
- The Rise of a Capitalist Labour Market
- The Impact of State Intervention
- Fishing and Contemporary Politics
- Notes
- CHAPTER 15 The Marginalization of the Tsimshian Cultural Ecology: The Seasonal Cycle
- The Tsimshian
- Seasonal Cycles
- Effects of the New Political Economy
- Hunting
- Fishing
- Gathering
- Tsimshian Patterns
- Conclusions
- Notes
- PART V: THE YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
- CHAPTER 16 Changing Perceptions of Industrial Development in the North
- The Setting
- Changing Perceptions of Development
- Land Rights Hearings
- Implications
- Notes
- CHAPTER 17 Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Recommendations of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission
- Berger's Plan for Northern Development
- Critique of Berger's Program
- Application to the Dene
- Conclusions
- Notes
- CHAPTER 18 Survival and Adaptation of the Inuit Ethnic Identity: The Importance of Inuktitut
- Introduction
- General Demographic Features
- Inuktitut Retention, 1971 and 1981
- Ethnic Identity and Inuktitut Retention in the Canadian North
- Conclusions
- Notes
- CHAPTER 19 Prospects for the Northern Canadian Native Economy
- Native Economy
- The Cost of Maintaining a Mixed Economy
- Notes
- PART VI: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY
- CHAPTER 20 Recent Publications in Canadian Native Studies
- Journals
- Theses
- Monographs of the Canadian Museum of Civilisation
- Pioneers
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- List of Tables and Figures
