Shamattawa : the structure of social relations in a Northern Algonkian band

Type

Book

Authors

David H. Turner ( Turner, David H. )

Paul Wertman ( Wertman, Paul )

Tags

Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs, Social structure, Cree -- Social life and customs, Cree, Aboriginal Australians

Abstract

"This study aims to test a theory of Northern Algonkian social organisation developed through a structural analysis of Australian hunter-gatherer societies and a critical reading of Northern Algonkian literature. Analysis of data gathered at Shamattawa, a Swampy Cree community in northern Manitoba revealed a close fit between expectation and reality once the effects of Euro-Canadian contact and the fur trade were controlled. These findings question the view that Cree social organisation was based on genealogical relations extending from the nuclear family and on the institution of cross-cousin marriage."--WorldCat.org.

Description

x, 124 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
Chapter One: The Shamattawa Band
Introduction
History
The Reserve
Band organization
Territoriality
The contemporary scene
The fur-trade-traditional era
Chapter Two: Kinship, production and marriage
Introduction
Relationship term analysis
Terms on the O generation
Terms on the 1D generation
Terms on the 1A generation
Terms on the 2A and 2D generations
Levels of relations
Chapter Three: The Fur trade factor
Chapter Four: A model of band societies
Cree and Australian
Aluridja, Cree and conventional Australian
References.

Language notes:
Summary in French

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