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An Arab community in the Canadian northwest: a preliminary discussion of the Lebanese community in Lac La Biche Alberta
Anthropologica • 10 (2) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 143-156
By: Barclay, Harold B..
Abstract
In 1967, 244 Arab-Canadians of Lebanese descent lived in the Lac La Biche area of east central Alberta. The original immigrants all come from two neighboring villages in Lebanon and 30 percent belong to one lineage; most immigrated in the years following the Second World War. All but one have since married within the Lebanese-Muslim group, some returning to their original villages in Lebanon to find wives. Two-thirds of the Lebanese-born married men engage in mink ranching. Two elite families dominate the local community. There is little interaction between the Lebanese and other ethnic groups. The Métis supply the farmers fish for their mink, shop in Lebanese stores, and rent Lebanese-owned rooms and houses.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field Date
- 1967
- Coverage Date
- 1905-1968
- Coverage Place
- Lac La Biche, Alberta
- Notes
- by Harold B. Barclay
- LCCN
- 56004160
- LCSH
- Arabs--Canada