CT285 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stewart Culin, Chief Wahoo, Miasma Theory
Document Summary
The mass ceremony we call hockey, the rabid fandom, the patriotic excuse for shutting down a city. A reported 16. 6 million canadians watched goal medal game, making it the most viewed broadcast in the country"s history. Over 80 percent of canadians watched some part. In north america, versions of the game were played for centuries before europeans arrived. In games of the north american indians, stewart culin identifies several variants of shunny, played all over the continent. To mi"kmaq communities of nova scotia, the game was oochamkwmutk. In winter, they played on ice with skates made from animal jaw bones. Variety of cultures play variety versions of hockey. They emerge from the miasma of a million tiny interactions and mingled desires. Hockey arose from the experience of the north. The clearest evidence for first nations" origination of hockey is that the game was brought from canada to the countries of northern europe and not the other way around.
