Canadian Inuit literature

Canadian Inuit literature

Author: Robin McGrath

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1772822574

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A study of the development of contemporary Inuit literature, in both Inuktitut and English, including a discussion of its themes, structures and roots in oral tradition. The author concludes that a strong continuity persists between the two narrative forms despite apparent differences in subject matter and language.


Sources for the ethnography of northeastern North America to 1611

Sources for the ethnography of northeastern North America to 1611

Author: David B. Quinn

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1772822388

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This guide attempts to enumerate the printed and manuscript sources for northeastern North American ethnography from the earliest discoveries by Europeans down to the time of the effective establishment of European settlements in the area and also to indicate briefly the content of these sources and the features of the Amerindian societies which they record.


Hare Indians and their world

Hare Indians and their world

Author: Hiroko S. Hara

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1772822256

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An ethnographic examination of how the Hare, Northern Athapaskan speaking hunters and gatherers of the Fort Good Hope Game area in the Mackenzie River basin, view the world and their place in it.


Ethnohistoric study of eastern James Bay Cree social organization, 1700-1850

Ethnohistoric study of eastern James Bay Cree social organization, 1700-1850

Author: Toby Morantz

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1772822515

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In seeking to examine the accommodation by this Northern Algonquian people to the fur trade, this study first outlines the historical development and ecological setting and then looks at the question of social change from the perspectives of economic adaptations, group structure, leadership and territorial organization.


North-West River (Sheshatshit) Montagnais :a grammatical sketch

North-West River (Sheshatshit) Montagnais :a grammatical sketch

Author: Sandra Clarke

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1772822426

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This work outlines the grammatical categories and inflections, both nominal and verbal, of the Montagnais dialect of North-West River, Labrador. The phonological system of the dialect is briefly sketched and, although the present work does not treat the derivational aspects of Montagnais morphology, certain very common derivational forms are included. A survey of the chief sentence types of the North-West River Montagnais is provided.


Edward Sapir's correspondence

Edward Sapir's correspondence

Author: Louise Dallaire

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1772822604

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An alphabetical and chronological guide to the professional correspondence of anthropologist Edward Sapir during his tenure as Head of the Anthropology Division of the Geological Survey of Canada (1910-1925).


Algonquin ethnobotany

Algonquin ethnobotany

Author: Meredith Jean Black

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1772822272

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A compilation of published ethnobotanical data pertaining to all of the Algonkian speaking peoples of eastern North America and field data concerning the Algonquin bands of the Ottawa River drainage and the Cree bands of the St. Maurice drainage of western Quebec. These data help illuminate past subsistence patterns, the seasonal movements of the Algonquin, and the relationship between Algonquin bands and other Algonkian speakers. They also indicate that the Algonquin previously enjoyed a subarctic subsistence orientation similar to that of the Cree and other northerners in contrast to their Iroquoian neighbours thus necessitating a redefinition of the eastern subarctic culture area.