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The Ojibwa Indians of Parry Island, their social and religious lifeBook 1935 • Jenness, Diamond
Ojibwa • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Beliefs regarding man, nature, and the supernatural, and their importance in the social and religious life of the Parry Island Ojibwa are given special attention in this work by Jenness. The author uses the myths and legends of the people to explain ...The life of the Copper Eskimosbook chapter 1922 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This is an excellent ethnography on the Copper Inuit. Jenness was a thorough ethnographer and his material is systematically presented. Jenness spent two years, 1914-1916, with the Copper Inuit, but for this volume and certain other reports of the Ca...Eskimo string figuresbook chapter 1924 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This is a comparative study of string figures collected from a number of Inuit groups. Drawings and text for a representative group of figures which occur among the Copper Inuit have been reproduced in the files. For additional examples from the Copp...Myths and traditions from northern Alaska, the Mackenzie Delta, and Coronation Gulfbook chapter 1924 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
The first part of this work consists of thirteen texts of Inuit folk tales with interlinear English translations. The second part consists of English versions of eighty-one Inuit myths and folktales. The editor's introduction and selected tales have ...Physical characteristics of the Copper Eskimosbook chapter 1923 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This book deals with the physical anthropology of the Copper Inuit with some comparative material from other Inuit groups. From an analysis of the data, Jenness concluded that Stefánson's theory of Viking blood in the Copper Inuit is erroneous....The Copper Eskimosbook chapter 1917 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This is an excellent thumbnail sketch of Copper Inuit culture....The cultural transformation of the Copper Eskimobook chapter 1921 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This brief article is an excellent summary of the available data on the culture contact and acculturation of the Copper Inuit, ca. early twentieth century...Origin of the Copper Eskimos and their copper culturebook chapter 1923 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This article offers some plausible inferences on the origin of the culture of the Copper Inuit, but it is very largely speculative, as there is only a limited amount of evidence to support the conclusions which Jenness reaches....The 'blond' Eskimosbook chapter 1921 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This article is a succinct attempt to refute Stefansson's hypothesis of Viking admixture in the Copper Inuit ancestry....Copper objects of the Copper Eskimo -- a reply to Mr. Cadzowbook chapter 1922 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This short article contains some useful data on acculturation. It should be read in conjunction with Cadzow's monograph on the material culture which is document no. 8 in the files....The material culture of the Copper EskimosBook 1946 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Jenness conducts a detailed inventory of the Copper Inuit clothing, furniture, cooking implements, tools and hunting weaponry, with an emphasis on the method of construction of hunting, heating and lighting apparatus. The work stresses the total depe...The people of the twilightBook 1959 • Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
In this book, Jenness reports his two year stay among the Copper Inuit above the Arctic Circle in the Coronation Gulf area (including Bernard Harbor and Southwest Victoria Island). He wrote down in a narrative style his experience of living in a prim...Eskimo songsbook chapter 1925 • Roberts, Helen H. & Jenness, Diamond
Copper Inuit • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Helen H. Roberts made the musical transcription and analyses of the phonograph records which had been recorded in the field by Jenness. The latter also prepared the texts and translations of the songs....