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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453559503321

Autore

Innes Robert Alexander

Titolo

Elder brother and the law of the people : contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation / / Robert Alexander Innes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-88755-437-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Critical Studies in Native History

Disciplina

306.83089/97071244

Soggetti

Indigenous peoples - Kinship - Saskatchewan

Electronic books.

Cowessess First Nation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations. Map 1, Western Canada, Cowessess First Nation is located in southeastern Saskatchewan ; Map 2, Cowessess and its neighbouring First Nations, Sakimay, Kakewistahaw, and Ochapowace ; Table 1, Population of Cowessess First Nation, July 2013 -- Introduction -- Chapter 1, Elder Brother as Cultural Hero : The Law of the People and Contemporary Customary Kinship. Tricksters ; Âtayôhkêwina and Âcimowina ; Elder Brother as Cultural Hero ; Elder Brother Stories as Law of the People --

Chapter 2, A Historical View of the Iron Alliance. Emergence of the Iron Alliance ; Origins of the Assiniboine ; Origins of the Saulteaux ; Archaeology and the Emergence of Plains First Nations People ; Origins of the Métis ; Aboriginal People of the Saskatchewan Plains, 1800-1870 ; Saskatchewan's Aboriginal People up to 1885 -- Chapter 3, Multicultural Bands on the Northern Plains and the Notion of "Tribal" Histories -- Chapter 4, The Multicultural Composition of Cowessess First Nation. The Cowessess Band and Louis O'Soup, 1870-1913 ; Cowessess Band in the Twentieth Century --

Chapter 5, Cowessess Band Members and the Importance of Family Ties. Impact of Dysfunction and the Reserve Economy on Kinship Practices ; Change and Continuity of Kinship Patterns ; Maintenance of Family Connections -- Chapter 6, First Nations Response to



Membership Codes of the Indian Act - Bill C-31 and Cowessess First Nation. Entrenchment of Legal Criteria for "Indian"; Challenges to the Indian Act's Membership Code ; Reactions to Bill C-31 ; Cowessess Members' Views of Bill C-31 --

Chapter 7, Implementing Treaty Obligations in Saskatchewan - Cowessess First Nation and Treaty Land Entitlement. The Emergence of Treaty Land Entitlement ; The Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement ; Cowessess First Nation and Treaty Land Entitlement ; Cowessess Members' View of the Impact of TLE -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.