Some aspects of the grammar of the Eskimo dialects of Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island
Some aspects of the grammar of the Eskimo dialects of Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island

Author: Kenn Harper

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1974-01-01

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1772821772

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This study analyses some of the grammar of the two dialectal areas of Central Arctic: Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island. While not dealing in detail with all aspects of the Inuit grammar, it concentrates on an analysis of noun and verb structures. It also includes the use of the dual person.

Suffixes of the Eskimo dialects of Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island
Suffixes of the Eskimo dialects of Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island

Author: Kenn Harper

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1979-01-01

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1772822167

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This volume compares and contrasts the derivational suffixes of the Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island Inuit dialects and presents them in dictionary format with alphabetized variants and examples. Two appendices describe the use of selected derivational suffixes to mark verb tense and summarize all suffix base entries included in the dictionary.

Some grammatical aspects of Labrador Inuttut (Eskimo)
Some grammatical aspects of Labrador Inuttut (Eskimo)

Author: Lawrence R. Smith

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1772822000

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A grammatical outline of the nominal and verbal paradigms of the dialect currently used by the Labrador Inuit of the Atlantic coast. The volume also offers an introduction to the basic grammatical categories, their functions, and the suffixes which express these as well as to the phonemic system.

Canoe construction in a Cree cultural tradition
Canoe construction in a Cree cultural tradition

Author: James Garth Taylor

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1772822264

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This study examines Eastern Cree canoe construction from a variety of anthropological and historical perspectives. The fully detailed and illustrated technical aspects of canoe construction are combined with a description of the social and economic factors, the canoe builder’s view of these activities through myth and song and a discussion of the continuity and change in all aspects of traditional canoe construction.

Canadian Ethnology Society: Papers from the fourth annual congress, 1977
Canadian Ethnology Society: Papers from the fourth annual congress, 1977

Author: Richard J. Preston

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1978-01-01

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1772822035

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A companion volume to Applied Anthropology in Canada, this compilation of papers is likewise a product of the Fourth Annual Congress of the Canadian Ethnology Society which took place in Halifax in 1977. Papers are categorized according to the seven sessions: (1) Maritime Ethnology, (2) Micmac Research, (3) Folklore, (4) The Stranger, (5) The Context of Friendship, (6) Property and Ownership, and (7) Wage Labour Migration.

Chipewyan marriage
Chipewyan marriage

Author: Henry S. Sharp

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1979-01-01

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1772822205

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A study of the kinship terms used by the Mission Chipewyan and the social ramifications that result from their basis on relative age and genealogical position, the confusion surrounding kindred and hunting unit functions, and the implications of marriage. Published in English.

Persistent ceremonialism: the Plains Cree and Saulteaux
Persistent ceremonialism: the Plains Cree and Saulteaux

Author: Koozma J. Tarasoff

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1772822310

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Taped interviews, participant observation, sketches, and photographs pertaining to the Plains Cree and Saulteaux Rain Dance and Sweat Bath Feast illustrate the important role played by the social group in the creation of identity, maintenance of stability, and continuity of Native culture.