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Conceptual negativism in Chipewyan ethnology
Anthropologica • 17 • Published In 1975 • Pages: 45-60
By: Koolage, William W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Koolage examines Chipewyan ethnographies and critiques the negative stereotyping of Chipewyan acculturation and assimilation processes. He discusses the origin and meaning of terms used in the literature to describe contemporary (since 1923) Chipewyan way of life, such as 'deculturation,' 'disorganization.' and 'disintegration.' He attributes this viewpoint to short fieldwork experience, attention only to economic and material culture, and a holistic conception of culture, in which the contemporary Chipewyan are being compared to an idealized aboriginal past.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1795-1967
- 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
- William W. Koolage, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-60)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56004160
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians