Contributions to Canadian ethnology, 1975
Author | : David Brez Carlisle |
Publisher | : University of Ottawa Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1975-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781772821956 |
ISBN-13 | : 1772821950 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This volume contains a collection of seven ethnological papers. Gordon M. Day discusses the problem of improperly documented museum specimens; David Damas describes the construction of a Netsilik sled; E. Y. Arima and E. C. Hunt describe the creation of modern Kwakiutl curio masks; Mary Lee Stearns writes about the relevance of life cycle rituals to understanding contemporary Haida culture; J. G. E. Smith talks about the western Woods Cree; while Beryl C. Gillespie discusses the Yellowknife Natives of the North West Territories; and E. S. Rogers offers a historical examination of the Algonkians of southern Ontario.