Uncertain Counts
The Struggle to Enumerate First Nations in Canada and the United States, 1870-1911
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2740612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Hoy (0000-0002-3647-4801, University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 729-750 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnohistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00141801-3135322 |
| OpenAlex | W2272999814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Throughout the nineteenth century, Canada and the United States struggled to gain accurate demographic data on the First Nations and Métis communities they claimed to oversee. Enumerators grappled with linguistic and cultural differences, distrust, the ambiguity of racial categories, and the geographic mobility and isolation of many Native American communities. Understanding how, where, and why national census takers and Indian agents failed to overcome these challenges sheds light on the locality of federal power and the pathways through which Native Americans maintained their autonomy
Ambiguity · Autonomy · Census · Distrust · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Linguistics · Locality · Native american · Political science · Population · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Canadian Identity and History · Demography · History · Law
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |