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The ubiquitous bushman: Chipewyan-White trapper relations of the 1930's
Problems in the prehistory of the North American subarctic : the Athapaskan question • Calgary • Published In 1977 • Pages: 165-183
By: Jarvenpa, Robert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the nature of Chipewyan-white trader relationships during the 1930s, with particular emphasis on local Indian interpretations of events. During the early 1930s and early 1940s, at the time of the Great Depression, the subarctic forests of Canada and Alaksa were inundated by thousands of white trappers seeking a source of income from the fur trade. Jarvenpa describes the personal characteristics of these traders, their competition and relationship with the Chipewyan fur traders, and the cultural impact of white trappers on native society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural identity and pride
- Hunting and trapping
- External trade
- External relations
- Ethnosociology
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971-1972, 1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Patuanak Chipewyans, Upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert Jarvenpa
- For bibliographical references see 61: References cited
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80494866
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians