book chapter
The development of pilgrimage in an inter-cultural frontier
culture and the anthropological tradition : essays in honor of robert f. spencer • Lanham, Md. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 177-203
By: Jarvenpa, Robert.
Abstract
The Patuanak pilgrimage, one among many annual festivals observed in the Upper Churchill River communities, serves the function of integrating people from an extensive region. Taking as an example the annual pilgrimage to the grave site of the Oblate missionary Father Louis Maraud, the author describes in detail the various social and ritual ramifications of this event and analyzes its role in Patuanak society. Jarvenpa views the pilgrimage as a distinctiive cultural expression "…conjoining features of Athapaskan, Algonquin, and European society in the subarctic political-economic frontier" (p. 177).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field Date
- 1970s - mid 1980s
- Coverage Date
- late eighteenth century - 1970s
- Coverage Place
- Patuanak Chipewyans, Upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Notes
- Robert Jarvenpa
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-203)
- LCCN
- 90033411
- LCSH
- Chipewyan Indians