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Symbolism and inter-ethnic relations among hunter-gatherers: Chipewyan conflict lore
Anthropologica • 24 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 43-76
By: Jarvenpa, Robert.
Abstract
This is a study of the oral literature of the Patuanak Chipewyans obtained from the narrations of middle-aged and elderly males in the context of evening entertainment in trapping, hunting, and fishing camps. " Fundamental to the structure of these tales is the presence of an adverse social environment represented by traditional Cree enemies, and a way of surmounting the adversity. As such the narratives serve as symbolic lessons in problem solving. The appropriateness of these symbolic messages, given the nature of Chipewyan historical and cultural experience, will be explored in the paper and used as a basis for addressing broader issues regarding inter-societal conflict" (p. 44). Jarvenpa analyzes the nature of nine of these conflict tales, the texts of which appear in the Appendix (pp. 70-76).
- 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
- 1971-1972
- Coverage Date
- eighteenth century - 1970s
- Coverage Place
- Patuanak Chipewyans, upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Notes
- Robert Jarvenpa
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69)
- LCCN
- 56004160
- LCSH
- Chipewyan Indians