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Autore: | Innes Robert Alexander |
Titolo: | Elder brother and the law of the people : contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation / / Robert Alexander Innes |
Pubblicazione: | Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2013 |
©2013 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.83089/97071244 |
Soggetto topico: | Indigenous peoples - Kinship - Saskatchewan |
Soggetto geografico: | Cowessess First Nation |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Elder brother and the law of the people |
ISBN: | 0-88755-437-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453559503321 |
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