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This ethnomusicological study focuses on the musical behaviour and dance observed in the summer of 1973 among members of the Windsor, Ontario Afro-Canadian community during religious services at Mt. Zion Church. The history of the group as well as details of musical...
A description of Toronto’s Italian-Canadian community, the origins of four of its festivals, and the ways in which these celebrations have been adapted to conform to the Canadian socio-cultural milieu of which they are now a part. Published in English.
A number of aspects of the prehistory of northern Ontario are considered in these reports. Of central concern are the spatial variations of the Terminal Woodland ceramics and the evidence for the transition from the Laurel assemblage into Blackduck assemblage. Published...
A report on the Glenrose Cannery Site (DgRr6) which spans over 6,000 years of Fraser Delta prehistory from circa 8000 B.P. – 2000 B.P. The analysis concentrates on the reconstruction of prehistoric subsistence patterns evidenced from the site. Published in English.
An examination of the unparalleled retention of cultural traditions by Greek immigrants in the Kitsilano region of Vancouver, British Columbia. Published in English.
Utilizing social surveys, participant observation, interviews, life histories, oral testimony and documentary evidence, adherence to Chinese cultural traditions in Alberta is found to be inversely related to the accessibility of opportunity within the wider social...
A critical examination of Alaskan Inuit music and its rapport with the musical traditions of Inuit populations from Siberia and the Mackenzie Delta in Northwest Canada in contrast to that of Inuit groups residing in Central and Eastern Canada and large portions of...
A valuable contribution to the literature on Canadian social and women’s history...The treatment is thorough, balanced and fair...it offers many insights into modern society, and its extensive identification and clarification of sources will undoubtably assist and...
A history of Kingston, Ontario, cabinetmakers from their heyday in the early nineteenth century to their decline by the end of that century. The author discusses sources of information pertaining to these individuals, the effect of various events on their businesses,...
This checklist of Toronto cabinet and chairmakers is published as an aid to and encouragement of further studies in the field of material history. It illustrates the variety and wealth of archival sources available for research, as well as the shortcomings of such...
The relatively recent preoccupation of Western Canadian historians with their urban past has resulted in an imaginative new field of research and writing.The papers presented in this volume sample that research from a variety of perspectives: the development of local...
The Social Gospel Movement has long been recognized as one of the creative forces in the development of a uniquely Canadian style of social criticism.The eleven papers presented in this volume examine the movement from a wide variety of perspectives. Published in...
A chronological listing of significant events in the evolution of Canadian military aviation from 1883 to 1974, including the significance of individual achievements of the many men and women who contributed to its development. Published in English.
Narrative obtained from the Eastern Cree of James Bay, Quebec, are considered in their various functions within the Cree culture. The author provides an inductive approach for this study.Published in English
After a discussion of the place of material culture studies in modern anthropology, the author shows the continuity of the Caribou Inuit kayak form from the Birnik culture. The reconstruction of general kayak development is given in detail as well as a thorough coverage...
Almost 2,300 Proto-Algonquian reconstructions (including source, English gloss, and supporting forms) are included in this dictionary together with an English-Proto-Algonquian index.Published in English.
The aim of this study is to lend ethnological importance to a collection of material culture by revealing the relationship of Bella Coola ceremonialism and art with other aspects of society, offering an analytical summary of Bella Coola art style. Contemporary...
The Sixth Algonquian Conference was held in Ottawa, October 4-6, 1974. It was an inter-disciplinary conference embracing archaeology, history, ethnography and linguistics, and this collection comprises most of the papers presented. Published in English.
This monograph contains a study of the movement of a large portion of the Potawatomi tribe from the states of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan into Upper Canada in the period 1830-1850. It also examines the Canadian evidence to shed some light on not well...
Following limited testing in 1972, extended excavations were conducted during 1973 and 1974 of the Cactus Flower site. Ten occupations and a long series of natural stratigraphic units were defined. Although sporadic occupation during the Pelican Lake phase is apparent,...
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