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Old Swan, Big Man, and the Siksika Bands, 1794-1815
Canadian historical review • 77 • Published In 1996 • Pages: 1-32
By: Binnema, Theodore.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an historical study of the role of two specific Blackfoot (Siksika) bands, led by their chiefs Old Swan and Big Man, in their relations with Euro-Canadian fur traders during the period of 1794-1815. In the text Binnema presents various bits of biographical information on the two chiefs as well as data on the relationship of the bands to other tribal groups in the region (e.g., Cree, Assiniboin, Atsina, etc.).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External trade
- Community structure
- Community heads
- External relations
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Blackfoot
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1997
- 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
- 1700-1815
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saskatchewan, northwestern plains region, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Theodore Binnema
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 23016213
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians