T oponymic constraints in Wemindji

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ID8422864
AuthorsGwilym Lucas Eades, Gwilym Eades (0000-0001-7426-8673, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume58
Issue2
Pages233-243
Publication date2014-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0064.2013.12060.x
OpenAlexW1585550036
LanguageEN
References cited18

Research by Eugene Hunn (1996) suggested that toponymic density and population density are roughly equal for a range of indigenous groups across North America. In Wemindji, Quebec, historic and current toponymic and population data support Hunn's observation. I demonstrate that toponymic constraints are real by holding the number of traditional toponyms (898) as a background constant, and estimating the growth of Wemindji's population from 1960 to 2010 based on knowledge held by local experts. Measurements from historic air photographs assumed toponymic growth proportional to the area within the limits of Wemindji town development. A set of 78 new town place names provide a baseline for that measurement. Relative to toponymic density, population density steadily increased from 1960 to 2010, with a graph depicting the two densities suggesting equality in approximately 1995

Archaeology · Combinatorics · Genealogy · Geography · Graph · Indigenous · Population · Population density · Range (aeronautics) · Sociology · Toponymy · Categorization, perception, and language · Demography · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Mathematics

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