essay
The Nipigon country 1804
Les bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Quest • Quebec • Published In 1890 • Pages: 229-300
By: Cameron, Duncan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source, written by a Canadian fur trader, gives a general ethnography of that division of the Ojibwa known as the Southern Saulteaux. Although the author maintains a rather ethnocentric point of view at times, especially in regard to native ceremonials, his observations are important on the native fauna, the Indian population, family ties and relationships, cannibalism, marriage, naming ceremonies, rank and etiquette, dwellings, sexual division of labor, eschatology, spirit quests, and 'medicine' men because of the early date when recorded. The last section of this source which is the actual transcription of the author's journal, contains little ethnographic information in itself, but is valuable nevertheless for the light it throws on Indian-White trade relationships.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Dwellings
- External trade
- Division of labor by gender
- Cannibalism
- Family relationships
- Status, role, and prestige
- Etiquette
- Clans
- External relations
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Eschatology
- Revelation and divination
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ojibwa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Businessperson
- Fur Trader
- 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.
- 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
- 1786-1804
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1786-1804
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nipigon region, Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mr. Duncan Cameron
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians