Book
The Montagnais 'hunting territory' and the fur trade
American anthropologist • (78) • Published In 1954 • Pages: xii, 59
By: Leacock, Eleanor Burke.
Abstract
This document examines the theory that the aboriginal Montagnais-Naskapi of Labrador possessed family hunting territories, the almost exact bounds of which were known and recognized, with trespass on these territories being punishable. On the basis of field work among bands in southeastern Labrador where these territories are still in the process of formation and through research on historical documents, Leacock was able to show that these territories are in all probability not aboriginal, but are the result of the acculturative influence from the white traders' demand for fur, since trapping by single families is far more efficient than the original communal hunting pattern. There is no index. Leacock taught at the College of the City of New York.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field Date
- 1950-1951
- Coverage Date
- 1900-1951
- Coverage Place
- Labrador Peninsula (Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador provinces), Canada
- Notes
- Eleanor Leacock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-59)
- LCCN
- 17015424
- LCSH
- Innu Indians