AN201 Lecture Notes - James Bay Project, Northern Cree, Algonquian Languages
Document Summary
Transhumant bands the seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. Moose, woodland caribou, game birds, waterfowl, fish; trap beaver, mink. 8 dialects: broadly distinct dialects (eastern/western plains) Extensive array of river systems and forests. Plant and animal life predominantly coniferous trees. Game often caribou and black bear: and other fur bearing animals. Algonquian language: cree and ojibwa, extends to the west (alberta) and different dialects, 77,000 speakers of cree in canada, 60,000 speakers of ojibwa in canada. Home guard bands groups of people who left their migratory life to a still trading post. Brought over disease: decimation of populations, widespread various indigenous groups and areas. Flora: similar to western subarctic, permafrost in northern quebec, taiga forests, coniferous. Pines, spruce, hemlock, larch: cold-adapted deciduous. Fauna: moose, caribou, black bear, fur bearers: beaver, mink, muskrat, wildfowl. Peoples: region occupied by speakers of one or two algonquian languages (cree & obibwa)
