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Elder Brother and the Law of the People : Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation.

An entirely new way of viewing Aboriginal cultural indentity on the northern plains.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Innes, Robert Alexander
Otros Autores: Staff, University of Manitoba Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2014.
Colección:Critical studies in native history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Illustrations. Map 1, Western Canada, Cowessess First Nation is located in southeastern Saskatchewan ; Map 2, Cowessess and its neighbouring First Nations, Sakimay, Kakewistahaw, and Ochapowace ; Table 1, Population of Cowessess First Nation, July 2013
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1, Elder Brother as Cultural Hero : The Law of the People and Contemporary Customary Kinship. Tricksters ; Âtayôhkêwina and Âcimowina ; Elder Brother as Cultural Hero ; Elder Brother Stories as Law of the People
  • Chapter 2, A Historical View of the Iron Alliance. Emergence of the Iron Alliance ; Origins of the Assiniboine ; Origins of the Saulteaux ; Archaeology and the Emergence of Plains First Nations People ; Origins of the Métis ; Aboriginal People of the Saskatchewan Plains, 1800-1870 ; Saskatchewan's Aboriginal People up to 1885
  • Chapter 3, Multicultural Bands on the Northern Plains and the Notion of "Tribal" Histories
  • Chapter 4, The Multicultural Composition of Cowessess First Nation. The Cowessess Band and Louis O'Soup, 1870-1913 ; Cowessess Band in the Twentieth Century
  • Chapter 5, Cowessess Band Members and the Importance of Family Ties. Impact of Dysfunction and the Reserve Economy on Kinship Practices ; Change and Continuity of Kinship Patterns ; Maintenance of Family Connections
  • Chapter 6, First Nations Response to Membership Codes of the Indian Act
  • Bill C-31 and Cowessess First Nation. Entrenchment of Legal Criteria for "Indian"; Challenges to the Indian Act's Membership Code ; Reactions to Bill C-31 ; Cowessess Members' Views of Bill C-31
  • Chapter 7, Implementing Treaty Obligations in Saskatchewan
  • Cowessess First Nation and Treaty Land Entitlement. The Emergence of Treaty Land Entitlement ; The Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement ; Cowessess First Nation and Treaty Land Entitlement ; Cowessess Members' View of the Impact of TLE
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index.