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Changes in territory and technology of the Chipewyan
Arctic anthropology • 13 (1) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 6-11
By: Gillespie, Beryl C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this short article, Gillepsie examines the new technologies the Chipewyan adopted as they moved into the boreal forest to harvest fur-bearing animals for the fur trade. European traders taught them to shoot rifles, set traps, and treat furs. The Chipewyan also adopted the larger Cree canoe to travel and transport goods along the lakes and rivers. The original Chipewyan canoe was small delicate affair used exclusively for fishing. The guns proved useful hunting woodland caribou, although the overall influence of firearms is still not well known.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Weapons
- External trade
- Boats
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1717-1825
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- north-central Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Beryl C. Gillespie
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 10-11)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians