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Part 1 of the final volume of A History of the Native People of Canada treats eastern Canada and the southern Subarctic regions of the Prairies from A.D. 500 to European contact. It examines the association of archaeological sites with the Native peoples recorded in...
Until comparatively recent times, both the Inupiat Inuit and the Koyukon Athapaskans spent the winter in wooden semisubterranean houses. For the archaeologist who excavates one of these structures, the shared traditions pose a difficult question: Who lived in this...
First published in French in Recherches amérindiennes au Québec in 1993, this collection of essays aims to provide a better understanding of the Algonquin people. The nine contributors to the book deal with topics ranging from prehistory, historical narratives, social...
This book describes and interprets the findings from archaeological excavations at the Sjovold Site, situated on the west bank of the South Saskatchewan River in the far northern Plains. It explores many features of life in ancient times, inferring, along with the...
This study describes the history of Fort Reliance, assesses the nature and extent of archaeological remains, and examines the relationship between Native use of the site, previously known through the recovery of stone artifacts that relate to a precontact or prehistoric...
This study looks at the present-day design, production, and ornamentation of moccasins by the women on the Janvier Reserve at Chard, northern Alberta. The author compares those made today with moccasins produced before the Second World War. Published in English.
This collection of eighteen papers honours the long and productive career of Dr. William E. Taylor, Jr. They deal with a range of topics in Canadian Arctic archaeology from the Mackenzie Delta to Labrador and from the earliest Palaeoeskimo to historical questions such...
This volume reports on the findings from the extensive archaeological surveys and excavations in the Batza Téna area, Alaska’s most important source of obsidian. Published in English.
A report on the Crane Site (Obkv-I) a Palaeoeskimo component located along the Old Horton River Channel in the interior of the Cape Bathurst Peninsula, about 250 km east-northeast of Tuktoyaktuk. Many of the artifacts show strong affiliation, in a variety of typological...
This book is published in memory of Peter Lewis Paul, O.C., LL.D. It contains copies of obituaries, an autobiography and tributes to Dr. Paul by his friends. It will be of interest to those who admire the Maliseet people, their culture and their traditions, which were...
Fifty-seven human skeletons, along with more than 200 artifacts and nearly 20,000 non-human bones, provide insight into mortuary practices, human biology, palaeopathology, and demography for the sixth through thirteenth centuries A.D. These findings are analysed in the...
An analysis and description of archaeological materials from two Early Middle Period sites, Gowen 1 and Gowen 2, located in south central Saskatchewan. Descriptions of the physical and biotic environments, both past and present, are provided, as are detailed...
These 332 examples of Icelandic traditional poetry and other bound language include children’s rhymes, rigmaroles, riddles, lullabies and prayer verses; adult lore such as dance and drinking songs; religious and humorous poems; and proverbs and sayings. All texts are...
This selection of 175 Icelandic-Canadian oral narratives contains folktales, legends, humorous anecdotes, tall tales, and simple accounts of daily events. The first 51 narratives are grounded in old-country experiences and the remainder reflect immigrant life in Canada....
A re-examination of the hypothesis of a historic migration of the Western Cree resulting from the introduction of the fur trade. Published in English.
This collection of photographs, taken between 1920 and 1924, depicts the Bella Coola Valley, and the Nuxalk, Chilcotin and Carrier peoples.Published in English.
This study offers a detailed description of historical and contemporary skin clothing production techniques used by Inuit in Coppermine, Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Arviat. Published in English.
The first two papers describe King Island and North Baffin kayaks, their construction and their equipment. Other articles are on kayak design variation, Greenland kayaks, “kayak fear”, Canadian revival and the fascinating Aleut designs. All papers are illustrated and...
The papers in this volume represent ethnohistorical research by fifteen scholars on North American Native peoples. They were presented at the Second Laurier Conference on Ethnohistory and Ethnology, held at Huron College, University of Western Ontario, May 11-13, 1983....
Two studies in salvage ethnology are detailed, one focusing on Barkley Sound peoples and their territories, the other on peoples to the southeast of Barkley Sound.Published in English.
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