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Crees, Cree-Assiniboines, and Assiniboines: interethnic social organization on the far northern Plains
Ethnohistory • 21 (2) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 95-122
By: Sharrock, Susan R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Basing her work on Jesuit and Hudson Bay archives, Sharrock examines the interethnic relationship between the Assinboine and Cree peoples of the Far Northern Plains. She identifies three different forms: i) Alliance, ii) Intermarriage and Polyethnic Coresidence, and iii) Fused Ethnicity. The Assiniboine and Cree were allied together against the Sioux and other tribes. They were partners in trade and mutually bilingual. Intermarriage between them produced mixed households and camps. The Young Dogs was a ethnically distinct band of Cree-Assiniboine offspring who spoke a Cree-Assiniboine pidgin. Sharrock discusses the factors contributing to each of the above forms, including the horse and gun trade and migration out onto the plains.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Speech
- Archives
- Household
- Inter-ethnic relations
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Assiniboine
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1640-1868
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan R. Sharrock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-122)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 57043343
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Assiniboine Indians