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Using historical and ethnographic records, an attempt is made to reconstruct the traditional economic and social patterns of the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea coast, focussing on the Kittegaryumiut of the East Channel area. Two seasons of archaeological...
This study investigates the prehistoric transition from egalitarian to ranked social structure at Kitselas Canyon, Skeena River, British Columbia. It contributes to archaeological theory by developing and testing a model of the evolution of cultural complexity. A...
Twelve papers of a 1982 conference brought together anthropologists, linguists and educators with a common interest in Native language use and non-verbal communications. Their findings will be of interest to those concerned with Native interactions between Natives and...
This catalogue features photographs of the Nass River and the Nishga people taken between 1900 and 1950. Most of the collection represents the ethnographic fieldwork done by Marius Barbeau between 1927 and 1929. Published in English.
These photographs were taken during fieldwork carried out between 1877 and 1961 by employees of what is now the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The collection consists primarily of photographs taken by James A. Teit between 1911 and 1922 for the Geological Survey of...
Across the vast expanse of northern lands from eastern Siberia to Greenland, Aboriginal peoples created fifty to sixty different models of kayaks. This book treats Canada’s share of this spectrum, which is broken down into three kayak groups: Mackenzie, Central Canadian...
In 1969 the Carson site (BgDr-5) on the eastern side of Digdeguash Harbor, on the northern side of Passamaquoddy Bay, is one of several shell middens excavated as part of an investigation into the nature of prehistoric adaptations to the environment of southwestern New...
This volume summarizes two seasons of archaeological survey and a brief reconnaissance at Great Bear Lake in 1972, 1976 and 1979. The survey was restricted primarily to the northern and northwestern shores of the lake, a region that was occupied at the time of historic...
These oral histories, collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon from the Pacific Northwest reflect the Tsimshian relationship with the environment, their understanding of the spiritual universe and their interpretation of the physical world. Published in English.
This book provides a synthesis of social, demographic and economic change in Quebec City during the British regime, a period which saw the former French capital transformed into an English city with all the problems associated with rapidly growing urban centres....
The thirty-six texts analysed in these two volumes deal mainly with three aspects of Tuscarora culture: cosmological and traditional religious beliefs, medical practices and mythology.Published in English.
This study analyses the factors that influence the production of kamik (skin boots) in Arctic Bay and describes the various techniques used in the preparation of the pelts and the construction of the boots.Published in English.
The thirty-six texts analysed in these two volumes deal mainly with three aspects of Tuscarora culture: cosmological and traditional religious beliefs, medical practices and mythology. Published in English.
The Manitoba Masterfile, PBHD, is a bibliographic database maintained at the University of Manitoba. Currently, the database contains 6,000 entries relating to population biology, health and illness of Native North Americans.The present volume of 2,100 entries, 80%...
This work, in two volumes, offers an examination of the Haisla language and its two major dialects, including a description of its phonemics and phonetics, an approximate 14,550 word lexical dictionary with English gloss and root identification, and a list of Haisla...
This Master’s thesis examines the experiences of a Cree woman from Rupert House on Quebec’s James Bay. Following Radin’s method of inductive analysis, the author examines the woman’s narrative and explains its possible textual, personal and cultural meanings. The intent...
This is a study of the verb morphology of Maliseet, a dialect of the Eastern Algonquian language Maliseet-Passamaquoddy. Published in English.
A discussion of two types of Beothuk canoe, a multi-purpose variety and one intended specifically for ocean travel, and their relationship to watercraft used by other North American Native groups. Published in English.
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