Book

The Ojibwa of Berens River, Manitoba: ethnography into history

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College PublishersFort Worth • Published In 1991 • Pages: xx, 128

By: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), Brown, Jennifer S. H..

Abstract
This study is divided into two major parts. Part 1 blends ethnohistorical, ecological, ethnographic, and sociopolitical analysis into a comprehensive historical treatment of the Berens River Ojibwa from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. Part 2 continues with the ecological adaptation of the Ojibwa and moves into the topics of residential groups, kinship, and marriage. This section also contains information on how the Ojibwa conceive of the place of humans in the universe -- their world view. The last portion of part 2 discusses the function of religion, moral conduct, and personality …'in a 'culturally constituted world' in which dreams as sources of power, of teaching, and of moral order are central processes' (p. ix). The appendix to this document presents a discussion of dwellings and household along the Berens River as observed by the author in 1935-1936. Much of the ethnographic data presented in part 2 is largely relevant to the period of the 1930s to 1940 when Hallowell did his major fieldwork.
Subjects
Location
Internal migration
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Dwellings
External trade
Community structure
Revelation and divination
Missions
culture
Ojibwa
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1998
Field Date
1930-1940
Coverage Date
1930-1940
Coverage Place
Northern Ojibwa: Berens River area, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, Canada
Notes
A. Irving Hallowell ; edited with preface and afterword by Jennifer S.H. Brown
Includes bibliographical references and index
LCCN
91033538
LCSH
Ojibwa Indians