A collection of writings on issues such as megaprojects in the North, the changing roles of native women, aboriginal rights in Newfoundland, slave-trading, epidemics, and firearms in native history. Includes chapter by Michael Asch entitled "Capital and economic development: a c…
A collection of writings on issues such as megaprojects in the North, the changing roles of native women, aboriginal rights in Newfoundland, slave-trading, epidemics, and firearms in native history. Includes chapter by Michael Asch entitled "Capital and economic development: a c…
Eskimo of the Canadian Arctic
by Valentine, Victor F, Vallee, Frank G., (Frank Gerald)
fromCarleton library
A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics including: archaeology of Inuit economy; physical anthropology of the Inuit; spatial concepts of Inuit language; mythology; religious rituals and beliefs; shamanistic belief; witch-fear; Inuit carving; kinship; economic situ…
Eskimo of the Canadian Arctic
by Valentine, Victor F, Vallee, Frank G., (Frank Gerald)
fromCarleton library
Contributions on Eskimo ethnology, anthropology, art, language, shamanistic beliefs. Part one: a series of articles on traditional aspects of Eskimo culture. Part two: a series of articles on the Eskimo in the modern world.
"The small island of Igloolik lies between the Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island at the northern end of Hudson Bay north of the Arctic Circle. It has fascinated many in the Western world since 1824, when a London publisher printed the narratives by William Parry and his secon…
This book provides an overview of all the Aboriginal groups in Canada. Incorporating the latest research in anthropology, archaeology, ethnography and history, this new edition describes traditional ways of life, traces cultural changes that resulted from contacts with the Europ…