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The most comprehensive compilation of ethnography of the Western Cree. 374 pages. Tribal/Band Structure, membership, burial practices, marriagepatterns, warfare, tipis, cosmology/spirits, naming practices, dress, bows, disease, mortality & starvation, transportation, etc.
It has often been said that the western Cree came into the west in the wake of the Fur Trade to exploit a position as middlemen. Actual history shows the Cree to have been here long before, and to have adapted their historic way of life to takeadvantage of the fur trade - not for profit, butfor novelty. This history looks at the 100 yearsfor which this way of life lasted.
The only existing listing of historic persons and births, deaths and affiliations for Western Canada and adjacent areas for the Fur Trade eras of 1600-1900
An Index reference to the publication THE WESTERN CREE (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak), Ethnography, the most comprehensice ethnography on the Cree (and Nakoda) Indians and their neighbors to date .
Here is a novel that will keep the reader spellbound, as you travel along with Francois Leblanc, a little boy of 12 years of age convicted of a crime of killing his parents (that he did not commit) and then sent to a federal penitentiary for 15 years, the first in Canadian history. The reader can’t but help feel for this little boy whose only crime was in trying to save his mother. His pain and suffering, which very few humans could endure, especially at such a young age of 12, was not something that was going to defeat Francois, for he lived off of it, as if it was food. He feared no one. No guard could defeat him by beatings or by isolation nor could the best convict take him on. His rep...
This two volume guide provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles and guidelines for documenting cultural heritage places. It seeks to aid heritage managers and decision makers in understanding their roles and responsibilities inn this essential activity. Volume 1 (Guiding Principles) explains why heritage managers must make sure that heritage information fully integrated into all research, investigation and conservation activities. Through the discussion of basic principles, benefits and new approaches, it assists those in charge of preserving immovable cultural heritage by bringing current heritage information practices to a new level. By recording we create a reference...
This book contains a collection of articles concerning the Western Metis, published in Prairie Forum between 1978 and 2007. These articles have been chosen for the breadth and scope of the investigations upon which they are based, and for the reflections they will arouse in anyone interested in Western Canadian history and politics.