Indians of Canada : cultural dynamics
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0881333077
ISBN 13
9780881333077
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1979
Publisher
Pages
261
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Canada
Abstract
"Examines adaptations, historical persistence and acculturation, cultural evolution, and the background to current Indian-White relationships."--WorldCat.org.
Description
x, 261 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 23 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Race and prehistory --
Language --
Cultural dynamics --
Arctic. Inuit: environmental adaptations --
Subarctic. Northern Algonquians: the acculturation of isolated hunters --
Iroquoia. Huron and Iroquois: warfare among tribal farmers --
Plains. Blackfoot: influence of the horse on a hunting society --
Pacific Coast. Kwakiutl: political economy of a fishing chiefdom --
Modern issues.
Race and prehistory --
Language --
Cultural dynamics --
Arctic. Inuit: environmental adaptations --
Subarctic. Northern Algonquians: the acculturation of isolated hunters --
Iroquoia. Huron and Iroquois: warfare among tribal farmers --
Plains. Blackfoot: influence of the horse on a hunting society --
Pacific Coast. Kwakiutl: political economy of a fishing chiefdom --
Modern issues.
Number of Copies
1
