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Ceremony, social revitalization and change: Micmac leadership and the annual festival of St. Anne
Papers of the twenty-third Algonquian Conference • Ottawa • Published In 1992 • Pages: 45-61
By: Chute, Janet Elizabeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Micmac commemoration of the festival of St. Anne, an annual religious event followed by feasting and games occurring around July 26th, St. Anne's Day, has as much to do with traditional Micmac conceptions of 'power' as it has to do with Roman Catholicism (p. 45). In addition to the ceremonial aspects of this event, Chute describes in this study some of the other functional aspects of this day, in particular the manner in which ...'Micmac leadership could express distinctly Micmac aims and aspirations and have their views appraised and commented upon by an audience, directly affected by the consequences of their leaders' decisions. It also gave chiefs opportunities to renew their commitment to group goals' (p. 58). These relatively non-religious aspects of the festival are described in detail in this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Missions
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- History
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500-1991
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Eastern Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Janet Elizabeth Chute
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91640225
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Micmac Indians