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Local band organization of the Caribou-eater Chipewyan
Arctic anthropology • 13 (1) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 12-24
By: Smith, James G. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a historical look at Chipewyan band organization based on archival material and the author's own fieldwork. The Chipewyan social aggregations have varied greatly over time from extended family 'task groups' to gatherings of several hundred persons. Smith accounts for each variation in terms of seasonal cycles, historical migrations, the influence of the fur trade, and growing presence of Eurocanadian institutions. A point he emphasizes is that the bilateral kinship system of the Chipewyan allows for extensive kin networks, which can support social groupings of varying size.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Annual cycle
- Hunting and trapping
- External trade
- Extended families
- Kin relationships
- Rule of descent
- External relations
- 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
- 1967-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1715-1974
- 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
- James G. E. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-24)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians