Book
The economy of a frontier community: a preliminary statement
Northern Co-ordination and Research Centre, Dept. of Northern Affairs and National Resources • Ottawa, Ont. • Published In 1961 • Pages: 2, 5, 34
By: VanStone, James W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material of this report was collected by the author during the summer of 1960, while under contract to the Northern Co-ordination and Research Centre of the Canadian government. This is a community study of the village of Snowdrift in the Mackenzie River-Great Slave Lake area. Although general background information is presented on the geography of the area, the physical and cultural aspects of the community itself, and its history, the major orientation of the source is on the economy of Snowdrift. VanStone describes the annual cycle in terms of activities involved in hunting and trapping, fishing (both commercial and non-commercial), trade, and various forms of employment available to the population of the community. In addition, government assistance programs are discussed to some extent, as well as the future economic development potentials of the village.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chipewyans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1989-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Snowdrift, Mackenzie River-Great Slave Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] James W. VanStone
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 34)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians--Social life and customs/Accultu