Author : William Cowan
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 16,16 MB
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772821853
The Sixth Algonquian Conference was held in Ottawa, October 4-6, 1974. It was an inter-disciplinary conference embracing archaeology, history, ethnography and linguistics, and this collection comprises most of the papers presented.
Author : William Cowan
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,20 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Marie-Françoise Guédon
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 177282240X
Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Congress of the Canadian Ethnology Society (1979) with contributed papers ranging in topic from semiology to the seventeenth century Iroquois wars to Japanese ghost stories.
Author : Anton F. Kolstee
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1772822469
This paper describes the ethnographic context and analyses the structural characteristics of Bella Coola songs. Seventy-three original transcriptions which encompass a broad spectrum of Bella Coola ceremonial and non-ceremonial repertoires are included.
Author : Susan M. Kenyon
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 35,75 MB
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 177282223X
This volume describes a modern Nootka community from a historical perspective. Despite evidence of significant change over time with respect to material culture, technology, and political institutions, considerable continuity exists insofar as codes of social interaction, community values and ideals are concerned.
Author : G. L. Piggot
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1772822531
This Ojibwa lexicon provides data on the geographical distribution and historical development of a variety of Ojibwa dialects. As many features of Ojibwa words are indicated by their endings, a reverse version, sorted right-to-left, is included.
Author : William Hugh Jansen
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772822094
A discussion of the different ways in which the Inuit of Rankin Inlet have chosen to adapt to a changing economy.
Author : Henry S. Sharp
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772822205
A study of the kinship terms used by the Mission Chipewyan and the social ramifications that result from their basis on relative age and genealogical position, the confusion surrounding kindred and hunting unit functions, and the implications of marriage. Published in English.
Author : Sandra Clarke
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,64 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1772822426
This work outlines the grammatical categories and inflections, both nominal and verbal, of the Montagnais dialect of North-West River, Labrador. The phonological system of the dialect is briefly sketched and, although the present work does not treat the derivational aspects of Montagnais morphology, certain very common derivational forms are included. A survey of the chief sentence types of the North-West River Montagnais is provided.
Author : Koozma J. Tarasoff
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772822310
Taped interviews, participant observation, sketches, and photographs pertaining to the Plains Cree and Saulteaux Rain Dance and Sweat Bath Feast illustrate the important role played by the social group in the creation of identity, maintenance of stability, and continuity of Native culture.
