Télécharger le livre :  Diamond Jenness Collections from Bering Strait
In 1926 Diamond Jenness began the first systematic archaeological work in Alaska at Cape Prince of Wales and Little Diomede Island on Bering Strait. This resulted in the first identification of Old Bering Sea culture and determined the stratigraphic position of Thule...

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Télécharger le livre :  Micmac texts
This collection of Micmac texts includes an oral history of the arrival of the first Europeans on the shores of Cape Breton, a ghost story and a tale of the hero Gluscap. Published in English.

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Télécharger le livre :  Phonology, morphology, and classified word list for the Samish dialect of Straits Salish
This volume presents a description of the phonology and morphology of the Samish dialect of the Straits Salish language, together with a text and word list, classified by semantic domain, of the same language. The preface discusses the precarious survival of this...

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Télécharger le livre :  Power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs
This study provides a cultural analysis of power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs. Symbolic content of Gros Ventre myth and ritual is elicited as a tool for analyzing particular social relationships that motivate war expeditions as action and value....

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Télécharger le livre :  Artifacts from "A coat of many colours :two centuries of Jewish life in Canada" / Objets de l'exposition "La tunique aux couleurs multiples : deux siècles de présence juive au Canada"
This volume portrays aspects of Canadian social history through the presentation of artifacts from the exhibition “A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada”. The experiences of Jewish Canadians as recorded in the artifact labels poignantly...

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Télécharger le livre :  A concise Nuxalk-English dictionary
This dictionary lists in alphabetical order over 2,000 Nuxalk morphemes, as well as sample words and sentences, gathered by the author at Bella Coola, British Columbia, between 1972 and 1983. The morphemes are numbered, and reference is frequently made to the author’s...

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Télécharger le livre :  Iglulualumiut Prehistory
This study examines material from four archaeological sites revealing the existence of a previously unrecognized late prehistoric/early historic Inuit society living in Franklin Bay, in the western Canadian Arctic. These people, the Iglulualumiut, had a culture closely...

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Télécharger le livre :  Ruin Islanders
A discussion of the archaeological research in the Bache Peninsula region of eastern Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories which has produced a substantial amount of data relating to this poorly defined phase of Thule culture. Published in English.

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Télécharger le livre :  Kitwanga Fort report
An incisive report on test excavations conducted by archaeologists at the Kitwanga Fort site in British Columbia. Evidence from the excavations, analysis of artifacts and archaeological testing of the legendary accounts of the warrior chief, Nekt, constitute an...

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Télécharger le livre :  Acaoohkiwina and Acimowina
Narratives from different genres of Rock Cree oral literature in northwestern Manitoba, together with interpretive and comparative commentary are presented. Published in English.

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Télécharger le livre :  Toward the 21st century / En vue du 21e siècle
New directions in museum programming are presented in 13 papers representing a variety of perspectives that are guiding the transformation of Canada’s national museums in preparation for the twenty-first century. Bilingual Edition.

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Télécharger le livre :  Kugaluk Site and the Nuvorugmiut
A report on the excavation and analysis of the Kugaluk site, a small historic Inuit site located near the outlet of the Eskimo Lakes, in the western Canadian Arctic, which greatly expands our present understanding of the Nuvorugmiut, and by extension the Mackenzie Inuit...

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Télécharger le livre :  Beluga Hunters
Using historical and ethnographic records, an attempt is made to reconstruct the traditional economic and social patterns of the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea coast, focussing on the Kittegaryumiut of the East Channel area. Two seasons of archaeological...

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Télécharger le livre :  Prehistoric Cultural Change at Kitselas Canyon
This study investigates the prehistoric transition from egalitarian to ranked social structure at Kitselas Canyon, Skeena River, British Columbia. It contributes to archaeological theory by developing and testing a model of the evolution of cultural complexity. A...

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Télécharger le livre :  Native North American interaction patterns
Twelve papers of a 1982 conference brought together anthropologists, linguists and educators with a common interest in Native language use and non-verbal communications. Their findings will be of interest to those concerned with Native interactions between Natives and...

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Télécharger le livre :  Marius Barbeau's photographic collection
This catalogue features photographs of the Nass River and the Nishga people taken between 1900 and 1950. Most of the collection represents the ethnographic fieldwork done by Marius Barbeau between 1927 and 1929. Published in English.

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Parution : 1987-01-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Interior Salish tribes of British Columbia
These photographs were taken during fieldwork carried out between 1877 and 1961 by employees of what is now the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The collection consists primarily of photographs taken by James A. Teit between 1911 and 1922 for the Geological Survey of...

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Télécharger le livre :  Inuit kayaks in Canada
Across the vast expanse of northern lands from eastern Siberia to Greenland, Aboriginal peoples created fifty to sixty different models of kayaks. This book treats Canada’s share of this spectrum, which is broken down into three kayak groups: Mackenzie, Central Canadian...

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Télécharger le livre :  Carson Site and the Late Ceramic Period in Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick
In 1969 the Carson site (BgDr-5) on the eastern side of Digdeguash Harbor, on the northern side of Passamaquoddy Bay, is one of several shell middens excavated as part of an investigation into the nature of prehistoric adaptations to the environment of southwestern New...

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Télécharger le livre :  Archaeological Reconnaissance at Great Bear Lake
This volume summarizes two seasons of archaeological survey and a brief reconnaissance at Great Bear Lake in 1972, 1976 and 1979. The survey was restricted primarily to the northern and northwestern shores of the lake, a region that was occupied at the time of historic...

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