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Matrilocality in a simple hunting economy (Montagnais-Naskapi)
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 11 • Published In 1955 • Pages: 31-47
By: Leacock, Eleanor Burke.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document deals with the transition in central and southeastern Labrador of band organization from the old unformalized socio-economic organization having a frequent occurrence of matrilocality, coupled with band exogamy and a high rate of internal migration, toward a type resembling the typical Algonkian band organization, based on patrilineally inherited trapping territories. The main factor involved seems to have been the change from hunting to fur trading as the primary occupation, which in turn has involved the growing relative importance of the man's economic contribution, the strengthening of ties to particular fur trapping territories, and the formalization of rules for the inheritance of property. The researcher is also referred to Leacock: 1954, document number 1this collection, for further information concerning this shift. At the time of publication, Leacock was with the Cornell University Medical College in New York.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Rule of descent
- Residence
- Family relationships
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Missions
- Social relationships and groups
- Hunting and trapping
- Regulation of marriage
- Kin relationships
- Inheritance
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 1950-1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central and southeastern Labrador, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eleanor Leacock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 147005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Innu Indians