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Memory, meaning, and imaginary time: the construction of knowledge in White and Chipewyan cultures
Ethnohistory • 38 (2) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 149-175
By: Sharp, Henry S..
Abstract
This is an account of the events surrounding a scuffle that broke out between a white teacher and Chipewyan Indian, 'Charley,' in a northern Saskatchewan town. The teacher was attempting to breakup a fight between Charley and another Indian. The Principal of the school had the teacher press charges and Charley was eventually prosecuted. Sharp sees the real conflict originating with the Principal, who was a tireless promoter of progress and personally could not abide Charley and his family, who kept a traditional way of life and resisted assimilation. Sharp examines how the testimony of the teacher was influenced by the overriding concerns of the Principal. The judge accepted the teacher's 'factual' rendition of the incident and ruled accordingly. There was no opportunity for Charley, who had no legal counsel, to give his own account of the incident, which was embedded in a larger dispute over fishing rights between the town's two main Indian families.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field Date
- 1969-1970
- Coverage Date
- 1969-1970
- Coverage Place
- Black Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Notes
- Henry S. Sharp
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-175)
- LCCN
- 57043343
- LCSH
- Chipewyan Indians