Book

Naskapi, the savage hunters of the Labrador peninsula

University of Oklahoma PressNorman • Published In 1935 • Pages: 248 , 19 plates

By: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith).

Abstract
This document is a description of the culture of the Naskapi, one of the main divisions of the Montagnais, who inhabit the northern, eastern and southeastern portions of the Labrador Peninsula. The main concentration is upon Naskapi religion which is noted for its preoccupation with the chase and for its lack of ceremonial aspects. Other facets of culture are treated as they come up in the description of the religion. Included are chapters on divination, magical practices, medicinal practices and hunting charms, animals in relation to man, and concepts of the soul, mythology and the universe. The document is very poor in descriptions of material culture, economics and social organization. Bibliographic references are found in footnotes to each page. A glossary and an index are included. Leacock (1954):(HRAF document 1) disagrees with Speck's findings in several instances. Speck was at the University of Pennsylvania at the time of the writing of the book.
Subjects
Ethos
Hunting and trapping
Settlement patterns
Cultural participation
Missions
Organized ceremonial
Cosmology
Mythology
Animism
Ethnometeorology
Ethnozoology
Revelation and divination
culture
Innu
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
North America
Sub Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
Field Date
1908-1932
Coverage Date
1800-1935
Coverage Place
Labrador Peninsula (Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador provinces), Canada
Notes
Frank Gouldsmith Speck
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
35012166
LCSH
Innu Indians