Book
Naskapi, the savage hunters of the Labrador peninsula
University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1935 • Pages: 248 , 19 plates
By: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a description of the culture of the Naskapi, one of the main divisions of the Montagnais, who inhabit the northern, eastern and southeastern portions of the Labrador Peninsula. The main concentration is upon Naskapi religion which is noted for its preoccupation with the chase and for its lack of ceremonial aspects. Other facets of culture are treated as they come up in the description of the religion. Included are chapters on divination, magical practices, medicinal practices and hunting charms, animals in relation to man, and concepts of the soul, mythology and the universe. The document is very poor in descriptions of material culture, economics and social organization. Bibliographic references are found in footnotes to each page. A glossary and an index are included. Leacock (1954):(HRAF document 1) disagrees with Speck's findings in several instances. Speck was at the University of Pennsylvania at the time of the writing of the book.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Hunting and trapping
- Settlement patterns
- Cultural participation
- Missions
- Organized ceremonial
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Animism
- Ethnometeorology
- Ethnozoology
- Revelation and divination
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Innu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1908-1932
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Labrador Peninsula (Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador provinces), Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank Gouldsmith Speck
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 35012166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Innu Indians