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The ecological basis of Chipewyan socio-territorial organization
Vol. Two • (27) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 389-461
By: Smith, James G. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper attemps to establish the relationship between socio-territorial organization, and the environment in terms of the Chipewyan knowledge of the migrational and nomadic habits of the barren-ground caribou herds. The author presents evidence in the text to indicate that this type of knowledge of the caribou has its origin in the pre-contact period and extends to the modern day among the Caribou Eater Chipewyan. Major socio-territorial groupings or bands -- denoted by name and dialectal distinction -- are discussed in terms of their exploitation of the caribou herds in each of their respective areas.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Fauna
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Hunting and trapping
- External trade
- Kin relationships
- Kindreds and ramages
- Community structure
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1770 - 1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] James G. E. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 458-461)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians