Book
The Swampy Cree: a study in acculturation
Queen's Printer • (13) • Published In 1967 • Pages: 75
By: Mason, Leonard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document attempts to show the effect of acculturation upon a few institutions of the Cree where history has provided sufficient data with which to follow their story. In general, Cree acculturation has been characterized by an ebb and flow of white contacts, peaks of frenzied activity in the fur trade, and ecological limitation on attainment of new living standards in the twentieth century. Mission and government created some problems for the Cree in introduced innovations. The same agencies also became the primary basis of support for Cree Indians when the profitable fur trade declined. Although important areas of local culture were abandoned in the process, many traditional values remained viable, as manifested in religious belief, in the attitudes about community authority, and in an identification with the life of the land, i.e., animals, fish, and plants, which even in 1940 [during the author's fieldwork] , were utilized to a great extent for food and medicine as in the 'Golden Age' of their aboriginal ancestors (p. xi).
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Western Woods Cree
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938, 1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1611-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oxford House Band, Swampy Cree, Manitoba, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Leonard Mason
- Cover title
- Summary in French and English
- Includes bibliographical references (p.71-75)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67108723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cree Indians--Social life and customs/Acculturation