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Some effects of the late nineteenth century modernization of the fur trade on the economy of the Slavey Indians

Western Canadian journal of anthropology6 (4)Published In 1976 • Pages: 7-15

By: Asch, Michael.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article summarizes evidence indicating that the greatly increased involvement of the Slavey in the fur trade from 1870 to 1900 paper was not driven by innovations in technology or practices, but instead was mainly due to external changes in economic conditions that put them in a more advantageous position.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Hunting and trapping
Annual cycle
Fishing
Animal by-products
External trade
External relations
Environmental quality
Production and supply
Buying and selling
Acculturation and culture contact
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Slavey
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.
Anthropologist
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1969-1970
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1870-1950
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southwestern Northwest Territories, northeastern British Colombia and northwestern Alberta, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Michael I. Asch
Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-15)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
cn 81039011
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Slavey Indians