book chapter
Description and natural history of the coasts of North America (Acadia)
The Champlain Society • 2 • Published In 1908 • Pages: xvi, 625
By: Denys, Nicolas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source, dealing with the customs of the Indians of Acadia (Micmac), was written during the latter half of the 17th Century while the author served as Governor and Lieutenant-General to the King of France, in the land then known as Acadia or New France. The writer has attempted to present in this source an orderly and complete treatment of the ethnography of the Micmacs with whom he had considerable contact during the years he lived in New France. Although the final result of his efforts may fall short of the more 'polished' works of Le Clercq and Lescarbot, it does make amends for this by giving in more minute detail accounts of the daily activities of the Indians. Data presented in this source pertain to: foods and food preparation, woodworking, infant and child care, division of labor by sex, dwellings, hunting, fowling, fishing and related activities, marriage customs, work in skins, clothing, ornaments, recreation, use and construction of pipes, funeral practices, and cultural changes brought about in ancient customs as a result of contact with Europeans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Burial practices and funerals
- Food preparation
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Dwellings
- Nuptials
- Normal garb
- Medical therapy
- Shipbuilding
- Domesticated animals
- Alcoholism and drug addiction
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mi'kmaq
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1961: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1633-1671
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1633-1671
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nova Scotia (Acadia), Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Nicolas Denys ; translated and edited by William F. Ganong
- Only pages 399-452 and the map following page 240 of the original text have been processed for the files
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08019184
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Micmac Indians