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On the territorial distribution of the Western Woods Cree
Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference • 7 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 414-435
By: Smith, James G. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this paper is to assemble the data pertaining to the very late pre- and proto-historic distribution of the Western Woods Cree, and to indicate that their occupation of western Manitoba, Saskatchewan and possibly Alberta belongs to the pre-contact period . Smith examines the historical documentation for the various factors leading to the movement of the Swampy Cree to the southwest, but these alone cannot ...'be responsible for the population of all western regions within such a remarkably brief period. It is suggested that it was the term 'Cree' (and its variants) that spread west and was applied to Cree groups known by other names, or unknown until the relatively late exploration of the Canadian Northwest, although it is not denied that boundaries fluctuated with temporary technological superiority, or conversely, as epidemic disease caused territoral contractions' (P. 415).
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1650-1750
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- James G. E. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-435)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91640225
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cree Indians