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Rainy River sturgeon: an Ojibway resource in the fur trade economy
Canadian geographer • 32 (3) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 194-205
By: Holzkamm, Tim E., Lytwyn, Victor P., Waisberg, Leo G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work discusses the significance to the Ojibwa of sturgeon fisheries, not only in providing a source of food, but as a component in trade relations with native peoples in the northwestern interior of North America and with European trading companies (e.g., the Hudson Bay Company). The author notes that sturgeon also provided the Ojibwa with a substance called isinglass, a marketable commodity obtained from the air bladders of the sturgeon, with particular value in European trade. 'During the fur trade period the sturgeon fishery was a highly productive industry, characterized by a sustained annual yield. With the advent on non-native commerdial fisheries in the region, production increased beyond the level of sustained yield. The resource was virtually destroyed by the early 20th century' (p. 194).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Animal by-products
- Production and supply
- External trade
- External relations
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ojibwa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- 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 ; 1998
- 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
- 'traditional' to ca. 1850
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Central Ojibwa: Rainy River area, Minnesota, United States; Ontario
- NotesAdditional notes
- Tim E. Holzkamm ; Victor P. Lytwyn ; Leo G. Waisberg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55025596
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians