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Culture loss and culture change among the Micmac of the Canadian Maritime Provinces 1912-1950
Kroeber Anthropological Society papers • (8) • Published In 1953 • Pages: 100-129
By: Wallis, Wilson D. (Wilson Dallam), Wallis, Ruth Sawtell.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper was written in an attempt to study the extensiveness of culture loss in Micmac society over a period of thirty-eight years, from the time the author first studied these people in 1911-1912 to his second field trip to the Micmac in 1950. The author further hoped to be able to supplement the description of the old culture and folktales given him in 1911-1912 by his informants by additional material, and to assess some of the changes in material life, general orientation, drives and motivation which have evolved in the society during this period. The field work was carried out at the communities of Burnt Church, New Brunswick and Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. This source provides abundant data on various aspects of acculturation, and shows clearly how some of the elements of the traditional culture which were at least remembered by the author's older informants at the time of his first visit, now have become completely lost (e.g., canoe building, birch bark wigwam construction), or have been modified to a considerable extent through the process of acculturation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Public welfare
- Housing
- Normal garb
- Labor supply and employment
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- 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
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1964: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1911-1912, 1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1534-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maritime Provinces, Eastern Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Wilson D. Wallis and Ruth Sawtell Wallis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-129)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54036266
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Micmac Indians