book chapter
The development of pilgrimage in an inter-cultural frontier
Culture and the anthropological tradition : essays in honor of Robert F. Spencer • Lanham, Md. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 177-203
By: Jarvenpa, Robert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Patuanak pilgrimage, one among many annual festivals observed in the Upper Churchill River communities, serves the function of integrating people from an extensive region. Taking as an example the annual pilgrimage to the grave site of the Oblate missionary Father Louis Maraud, the author describes in detail the various social and ritual ramifications of this event and analyzes its role in Patuanak society. Jarvenpa views the pilgrimage as a distinctiive cultural expression "…conjoining features of Athapaskan, Algonquin, and European society in the subarctic political-economic frontier" (p. 177).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Retail marketing
- Visiting and hospitality
- Ritual
- Priesthood
- Organized ceremonial
- Missions
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- 1970s - mid 1980s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late 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. 200-203)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90033411
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians