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Status among the Montagnais-Naskapi of Labrador
Ethnohistory • 5 • Published In 1958 • Pages: 200-209
By: Leacock, Eleanor Burke.
Abstract
This document is a brief discussion of the lack of importance of ascribed status among the Montagnais-Naskapi. In the loose social structure, the few status distinctions that are made are based only upon demonstrated achievement, and cease to exist when the ability from which they result ends. Leacock includes information from Le Jeune, the French missionary who described the Montagnais in 1633-1634, and concludes that in 300 years changes in personality and social structure have not been great.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Martin Malone ; John Beierle ; 1978
- Field Date
- 1950-1951
- Coverage Date
- 1634-1951
- Coverage Place
- Labrador Peninsula (Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador provinces), Canada
- Notes
- Eleanor Burke Leacock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-209)
- LCCN
- 57043343
- LCSH
- Innu Indians