A Comparison of Wet'suwet'en Cases of the Reincarnation Type with Gitksan and Beaver
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2949961 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonia Mills (0000-0001-9863-9950, corresponding author), Antonia C Mills |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 385-415 |
| Publication date | 1988-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/jar.44.4.3630506 |
| OpenAlex | W2335508919 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article describes the belief in reincarnation held by the contemporary Wet'suwet'en, or Bulkley River Carrier Indians, based on twenty-eight cases investigated using the methods of Ian Stevenson. The Wet'suwet'en cases are compared to the cases I have studied among two neighboring native groups in British Columbia, Canada: the Gitksan to the west and the Beaver to the northeast. The three groups have different beliefs in the possibility of cross-sex and multiple reincarnation which may relate to their differing attitudes towards succession to hereditary titles. However, the concept of reincarnation gives all three groups a similar perspective on personality formation which affects the way children are treated. While cultural patterning shapes the belief in reincarnation, further research is necessary to assess whether something like reincarnation may be actually taking place
Beaver · Geography · Personality · Psychoanalysis · Reincarnation · Sociology · Theology · Demography · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Geology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Paleontology · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
Disparate Ontologies
The Cognitive Foundations of Reincarnation
Representation of Self and Reincarnation Among the Dene-Tha
Reincarnation and Ethics
Understanding the Conundrum of Rebirth Experience of the Beaver, Gitxsan, and Witsuwit'en
Back from Death
Names and Signs
The construction of the child and the self in time and place
Come-backs/Reincarnation as Integration; Adoption-out as Disassociation
The Meaningful Universe
The Mouth of Heaven
The Spirits of the Dead in Saulteaux Life and Thought
The Evolution of Exchange Structures and Ranking
Contributions to the Ethnography of the Kutchin
Myths of the Carrier Indians of British Columbia
A Preliminary Investigation of Cases of Reincarnation among the Beaver and Gitksan Indians
The Gitksan Traditional Concept of Land Ownership
Tlingit Ideas about the Individual
The Belief and Cases Related to Reincarnation among the Haida
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2023 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |