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Crees, Cree-Assiniboines, and Assiniboines: interethnic social organization on the far northern Plains
Ethnohistory • 21 (2) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 95-122
By: Sharrock, Susan R..
Abstract
Basing her work on Jesuit and Hudson Bay archives, Sharrock examines the interethnic relationship between the Assinboine and Cree peoples of the Far Northern Plains. She identifies three different forms: i) Alliance, ii) Intermarriage and Polyethnic Coresidence, and iii) Fused Ethnicity. The Assiniboine and Cree were allied together against the Sioux and other tribes. They were partners in trade and mutually bilingual. Intermarriage between them produced mixed households and camps. The Young Dogs was a ethnically distinct band of Cree-Assiniboine offspring who spoke a Cree-Assiniboine pidgin. Sharrock discusses the factors contributing to each of the above forms, including the horse and gun trade and migration out onto the plains.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field Date
- not specified
- Coverage Date
- 1640-1868
- Coverage Place
- western Canada
- Notes
- Susan R. Sharrock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-122)
- LCCN
- 57043343
- LCSH
- Assiniboine Indians