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Recent ethnographic research: Upper Churchill River drainage, Saskatchewan, Canada
Arctic • 32 (4) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 355-365
By: Jarvenpa, Robert.
Abstract
This document reviews recent developments in the Upper Churchill River drainage area of northwestern Saskatchewan. "These include an analysis of the spatial organization of trapping economics, and an examination of behavioral responses to current technological impact (particularly housing, imported food and machinery, and new roads) in a southern Chipewyan community. Although high-income trappers generally exploit the largest trapping areas at the greatest distances from a primary settlement, the increasing congregation of short-distance trappers near the village may be exacerbating ecological and economic instability associated with new consumer goods and pruchasing habits. Another direction of research involves analyis of economic and social interactions between Chipewyan and Cree communities that shed light upon processes in inter-tribal communication, symbiosis, enmity and identity management" (p. 355).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field Date
- 1975-1977
- Coverage Date
- late nineteenth century - 1970s
- Coverage Place
- Patuanak Chipewyans, Upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Notes
- Robert Jarvenpa
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 365)
- LCCN
- gs 50000281
- LCSH
- Chipewyan Indians