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Copper Eskimo

Handbook of North American Indians. Arctic5Published In 1984 • Pages: 397-414, 731-806

By: Damas, David.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary on the Copper Inuit of the Northwest Territories of Canada, encompassing data from the eighteenth century to the 1970s, including information from the author's field work. Damas discusses the territory occupied by the Copper Inuit, geography,subsistence activities, settlement patterns, social organization, transportation, dwellings, clothing, religious beliefs, and culture history. The article is illustrated with numerous photographs and appended with a very comprehensive bibliography.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
Information sources listed in other works
Acculturation and culture contact
Annual cycle
Hunting and trapping
Fishing
Settlement patterns
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Copper Inuit
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1996
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
essay
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
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 1700-1970
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Northwest Territories, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
David Damas
Includes bibliographical references (p. 731-806)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Copper Eskimos