AN201 Lecture Notes - Indian Act, Lard, Dene Tha' First Nation
Document Summary
The region: northern manitoba, saskatchewan, northern alberta, nwt, yukon, north east british. Colombia: from the boreal forest to the tundra barrens, broad common exploitive patterns but has linguistic uniformity, athabaskan dene languages similar to one another. Flora: oligotrophic environment, limited biotic diversity, short food chains, poorer soils, discontinuous permafrost, coniferous trees, black and white spruce, white pine, larch, fir, northern deciduous, birch, willow, aspen, poplar, bushes, dogwood, blueberry, mosses and lichens. Social structure: strong ecological constraints, local game availability, exploitative. Game cycles of sheep, moose, caribou: sustainable exploitation. Group size and composition: basic glue of society, two kinship patterns, cousins = siblings, distinction between older and younger siblings, creates enlargement of nuclear family, defensive, supportive group. Kindred bilateral kinship group e. g. beaver people organization. Worldviews/beliefs: impact of 19th century missionaries, catholic, anglican, european influence, almost entirely converted, but elements of shamanism persist.
