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The emergence of the micro-urban village among the Caribou-eater Chipewyan
Human organization : the journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology • 37 (1) • Published In 1978 • Pages: 38-49
By: Smith, James G. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Smith examines how the change from a nomadic to sedentary way of life has impacted Caribou-Eater Chipewyan patterns of kinship and leadership. The Caribou-Eater Chipewyan were the last Chipewyan band to settle down. Historically they were minimally committed to the fur trade, maintaining a largely traditional way of life in the tundra and transitional forest of north-central Canada. The establishment of a trading post-mission complex in their territory in 1905 formed the nucleus of a future settlement. However it was not until the 1960s that the northern Chipewyan families began to live year-round in the village. Smith documents how this sedentary way of life resulted in a crisis of leadership and a weakening of kinship ties. Headmen failed to work the bureaucratic system to the satisfaction of their brethren and the broad practice of sharing among all kin impoverished families, who began to limit their generosity to only close blood relatives.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Annual cycle
- Settlement patterns
- Community structure
- Community heads
- External relations
- Public welfare
- 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
- 1715-1969
- 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. 48-49)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47033317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians