The Western Woods Cree
Anthropological Myth and Historical Reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2465989 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James G E Smith, James G Smith (National Museum of the American Indian, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 434-448 |
| Publication date | 1987-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1987.14.3.02a00020 |
| OpenAlex | W1995745774 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 21 |
The Cree are believed to have been located east of Lake Winnipeg at the time of initial European contact. According to this belief, French and English guns gave them technological superiority over their neighbors to the west, permitting them to rapidly conquer the lands west to the Peace River. Accumulating archaeological, ethnological, historical, and linguistic evidence establishes Cree as the aboriginal inhabitants of the western region. The development of the ethnological myth and the historical reality are analyzed, and some theoretical implications suggested. [Cree, ethnohistory, culture change, cultural persistence, cultural ecology
Archaeology · Ethnohistory · Ethnology · Geography · Mythology · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology
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L’espérance passe de la forêt au milieu scolaire
Wood Buffalo National Park and the politics of shame
Language tells another story
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The Pegogamaw Crees and Their Ancestors
Representation of Self and Reincarnation Among the Dene-Tha
Ways of Knowing
Gold in; Gold out
The `Berdache'/`Two-Spirit
Critical Trends in the Study of Hunter-Gatherers
Narrative of a journey to the shores of the polar sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22
Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Saskatchewan Cree
Property Concepts among the Cree of the Rocks
The Religion of the Saskatchewan and Western Manitoba Cree
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
Prehistory of Lake Athabasca
Documents Relating to the Early History of Hudson Bay
Peter Pond
Plains Cree
David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812
Plains Cree
Papers of the Seventh Algonquian Conference, 1975
Andrew Graham's Observations on Hudson's Bay
The Wintering Partners on Peace River, from the Earliest Records to the Union in 1821
Indians in the Fur Trade
The Emergence of Hunting Territories among the Northern Ojibwa
Reindeer Lake Pottery
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2024 (37) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |