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Western Woods Cree
Handbook of North American Indians. Subarctic • 6 • Published In 1981 • Pages: 256-284
By: Smith, James G. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a brief summary of some of the major features of Western Woods Cree ethnography from the seventeenth century to the late twentieth, with a strong emphasis on the western Swampy Cree and the Rocky Cree. Topics discussed in this study include language, territory and environment, culture history, traditional culture and culture change, social and political organization, the annual cycle, life cycle events, clothing, technology, religion, population, and acculturation.
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- James G. E. Smith
- Stock Number: 047-000-00374-804
- for bibliographical references see document 3: [Helm]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cree Indians--Social life and customs