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Symbolism and inter-ethnic relations among hunter-gatherers: Chipewyan conflict lore
Anthropologica • 24 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 43-76
By: Jarvenpa, Robert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the oral literature of the Patuanak Chipewyans obtained from the narrations of middle-aged and elderly males in the context of evening entertainment in trapping, hunting, and fishing camps. " Fundamental to the structure of these tales is the presence of an adverse social environment represented by traditional Cree enemies, and a way of surmounting the adversity. As such the narratives serve as symbolic lessons in problem solving. The appropriateness of these symbolic messages, given the nature of Chipewyan historical and cultural experience, will be explored in the paper and used as a basis for addressing broader issues regarding inter-societal conflict" (p. 44). Jarvenpa analyzes the nature of nine of these conflict tales, the texts of which appear in the Appendix (pp. 70-76).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- External trade
- Verbal arts
- External relations
- Texts translated into english
- 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.
- 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 ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- eighteenth century - 1970s
- 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
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56004160
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians