Hunters in the barrens : the Naskapi on the edge of the white man's world /

"This comprehensive study of the Naskapi Indians of Labrador is based on an anthropologist's life with them between 1966 and 1968, when families still followed the traditional pattern of hunting on the barrens during the winter and returning to their costal settlements in the summer. Now t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Henriksen, Georg
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
Subjects:
Naskapi Indians > Hunting.
Naskapi Indians > Migrations.
Naskapi Indians > Social life and customs.
Labrador (N.L.) > Social life and customs.
Naskapi > Chasse.
Naskapi > Migrations.
Naskapi > Mœurs et coutumes.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Manners and customs.
Davis Strait > Social life and customs.
Davis, Détroit de > Mœurs et coutumes.
Atlantic Ocean > Davis Strait.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The Naskapi and their Environment
  • PART II: THE WORLD OF THE HUNTER
  • Chapter 2. Nomads in the Barren Lands
  • Chapter 3. Leadership in the Barren Ground World
  • Chapter 4. Socio-Territorial Groupings
  • PART III: SEDENTARIES UNDER WHITE TUTELAGE
  • Chapter 5. The Coastal World
  • Chapter 6. The Naskapi and their White Patrons
  • Chapter 7. The Meaningfulness of the Two Worlds of the Naskapi
  • Postscript: The Future of the Naskapi.

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