essay
Chipewyan
handbook of north american indians. subarctic • 6 • Published In 1981 • Pages: 271-284, 741-804
By: Smith, James G. E..
Abstract
This source provides a succinct ethnographic survey of the Chipewyan people, a northeastern Athapaskan group living in the Mackenzie-Hudson Bay drainage area of Canada, from the period of 1715 to approximately 1960. Major topics deal with language, territory and environment, the history of Indian-white contacts (with emphasis of the fur trade), and cultural changes that have taken place in Chipewyan society during the early contact period of 1715-1821, and later traditional period of 1821-1960. There is an extensive bibliography (see category 113, pp. 741-804).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1989-1991
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1715- ca. 1960
- Coverage Place
- Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Notes
- [by] James G. E. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 741-804)
- LCCN
- 77017162
- LCSH
- Chipewyan Indians--Social life and customs