03789nam 2200601 450 991045355950332120210920213706.00-88755-437-7(CKB)2550000001192321(EBL)3289686(SSID)ssj0001150902(PQKBManifestationID)12373668(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001150902(PQKBWorkID)11105717(PQKB)10114456(MiAaPQ)EBC4828026(Au-PeEL)EBL4828026(CaPaEBR)ebr11367936(CaONFJC)MIL551586(OCoLC)982012464(EXLCZ)99255000000119232120170420h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElder brother and the law of the people contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation /Robert Alexander InnesWinnipeg, Manitoba :University of Manitoba Press,2013.©20131 online resource (257 p.)Critical Studies in Native HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-88755-746-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Critical studies in native history.Indigenous peoplesKinshipSaskatchewanCowessess First NationElectronic books.Indigenous peoplesKinship306.83089/97071244Innes Robert Alexander886699MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453559503321Elder brother and the law of the people1980107UNINA