essay
The Nipigon country 1804
les bourgeois de la compagnie du nord-quest • Quebec • Published In 1890 • Pages: 229-300
By: Cameron, Duncan.
Abstract
This source, written by a Canadian fur trader, gives a general ethnography of that division of the Ojibwa known as the Southern Saulteaux. Although the author maintains a rather ethnocentric point of view at times, especially in regard to native ceremonials, his observations are important on the native fauna, the Indian population, family ties and relationships, cannibalism, marriage, naming ceremonies, rank and etiquette, dwellings, sexual division of labor, eschatology, spirit quests, and 'medicine' men because of the early date when recorded. The last section of this source which is the actual transcription of the author's journal, contains little ethnographic information in itself, but is valuable nevertheless for the light it throws on Indian-White trade relationships.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Businessperson
- Fur Trader
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle
- Field Date
- 1786-1804
- Coverage Date
- 1786-1804
- Coverage Place
- Nipigon region, Ontario, Canada
- Notes
- Mr. Duncan Cameron
- LCSH
- Ojibwa Indians