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The Woman and the child among the Lac-St-Jean Montagnaisarticle 1944 • Burgesse, J. Allan
Innu • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This document deals mainly with the status of women, and child training among the Lac-St-Jean Montagnais. In theory, the woman is regarded as being inferior to the male, but in practice she has full equality. Much inforamtion is given on the sexual d...Property concepts of the Lac-St-Jean Montagnaisarticle 1945 • Burgesse, J. Allan
Innu • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This document, by a Hudson's Bay Company factor, is mainly concerned with the ownership and use of the family hunting territory. A good deal of information is also given on the Indians' attitude toward conservation of the animal redocuments on their ...