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An inquiry into the political and economic structures of the Alexis Band of Wood Stoney Indians, 1880-1964

University Microfilms Inc.Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 2000 • Pages:

By: Andersen, Raoul Randall.

Abstract
This is a dissertation on the Alexis Band of the Stoney Indians in Alberta, based on fieldwork carried out over three summers, 1964-1966. Andersen discusses and compares the political, social, and economic structure of the Alexis society in the Pre-Reserve period prior to 1877, the period of Government Trusteeship (1877-1957), and the more recent period of Band Council Leadership. Leadership gradually changed hands from the elder camp leaders to young bilingual members of the Band Council. Also the key social unit changed from a camp group to nuclear family. In the middle period, the government failed in their attempt to change the Alexis subsistence base from hunter-gatherers to farmers and ranchers. Education, medical care, and wage labor have favored a more settled existence, especially among the young and old. Andersen also discusses the Alexis relations with the surrounding white communities.
Subjects
Food quest
Animal husbandry
Agriculture
Production and supply
Ethnic stratification
Public welfare
Community heads
Community councils
culture
Stoney
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
North America
Sub Region
Plains and Plateau
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard ; 2000
Field Date
1964-1966
Coverage Date
1778-1964
Coverage Place
Alberta, Canada
Notes
Raoul Randall Andersen
UM 68-12,480
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269)
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Missouri, Columbia, 1968
LCSH
Assiniboine Indians