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The Western Woods Cree: anthropological myth and historical reality
American ethnologist • 14 (3) • Published In 1987 • Pages: 434-448
By: Smith, James G. E..
Abstract
The Cree are believed to have been located east of Lake Winnipeg at the time of initial European contact. According to this belief, French and English guns gave them technological superiority over their neighbors to the west, permitting them to rapidly conquer the lands west of the Peace River. Accumulating archaeological, ethnological, historical, and linguistic evidence establishes Cree as the aboriginal inhabitants of the western region. The development of the ethnologiical myth and the historical reality are analyzed, and some theoretical implications suggested (p. 434).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1670-1800
- Coverage Place
- Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
- Notes
- James G. E. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references(p. 446-448)
- LCCN
- 74644326
- LCSH
- Cree Indians