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Focusing upon the Mission Métis of Lac la Biche, the author examines the use of French, Cree, and English as a means of garnering insight into the mechanisms of western Canadian Métis cultural and linguistic variation. He concludes that the relationship of the people to...
From the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies are gathered an assortment of legends, anecdotes, poems and songs which reflect the immigration experiences of individuals from twenty-two Canadian ethnic groups. Published in English.
An ethnographic and documentary study of the subsistence-settlement patterns and social organization of the Red Earth Cree of east central Saskatchewan with particular emphasis upon a “deme” (discrete intermarriage arrangement) they shared with the Shoal Lake Cree. The...
A preceramic cultural chronology for the north shore of Lake Ontario is synthesized with eastern North American archaeological and paleoenvironmental research. Analysis include projectile point identifications, lithic metric attributes, raw material sources and site...
An examination of the varied uses of local flora by the Saskatchewan Woods Cree; for example, in medicine, food, and construction. The results are subsequently compared with similar information pertaining to the Chippewa, Mistassini Cree, Attikamek, Alberta Cree, and...
A musical exploration of the repertoire of Ottawa Valley fiddler, Dawson Girdwood. Transcripts of the tunes, including variations, embellishments, and bowing indications are provided. Published in English.
Comparing Jacques Cartier’s Voyages with the fictional explorations of Rabelais’ Pantagruel, Marius Barbeau is able to demonstrate that it is the latter work which most influenced perceptions of the Americas at the French court of François I. Published in English.
A compilation of thirty-four songs of differing ethnicity from the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies folklore collections. The songs are presented in their original language with English translation. Published in English.
Abstracts of Master’s and Doctoral thesis completed at Canadian universities between 1970-1982 dealing with ethnographic, archaeological, linguistic, and physical anthropological topics relevant to Canada’s Native peoples.Published in English.
Ten of the twenty Thule winter houses at the Brooman Point site, located on the southern tip of a peninsula extending from the eastern coast of Bathurst Island, were excavated in 1979 and 1980, and the description and interpretation of these remains forms the basis of...
This volume consists of a Micmac lexicon formulated on the basis of textual and anecdotal references collected over a quarter of a century from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Québec. It includes almost 5,500 Micmac words and their English equivalents and an exhaustive...
This volume contains biographies of over four hundred architects, artisans and builders who worked in Quebec during the first three centuries of the town’s existence. Detailed descriptions of their works, as well as numerous illustrations, help paint a broad picture of...
A description, analysis and interpretation of the Hood site (AiHa-7), a large Historic Neutral town excavated during the summer of 1977. In addition to offering a glimpse of Historic Neutral life just prior to their dispersal in the mid-seventeenth century, this report...
This paper is a study of Kettle Point chert, which outcrops on the southeastern shore of Lake Huron, including petrological analysis and an examination of its spatial and temporal distribution in regional prehistory. Published in English.
This volume constitutes a catalogue of one hundred and seventy-four chordophones from a wide range of cultures in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. Published in English.
An examination of the practice of mummery in Newfoundland including a discussion of mummering time, groups, costumes, and behaviour. The author argues that mummery reflects cultural values and is a ritual response to a liminal state.Published in English
Human and animal bones from four prehistoric and protohistoric Woodland sites in southern Ontario were analysed for a number of chemical elements using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The trace element strontium was the principal element of interest. Quantitative data...
Consists of five papers which provide new, detailed perspectives on the interrelated cultural and natural aspects of a major component of the Late Archaic of southern Ontario. Includes: a description and analysis of the archaeological evidence from hearth pit features...
A comparative study on the oral health of Pre-Iroquois and Iroquois populations from three southern Ontario skeletal samples. The samples originated from the LeVesconte Mound, whose time frame was just prior to the emergence of effective maize horticulture, the Bennett...
This a detailed account of excavations on the Beckstead St. Lawrence Iroquoian village site which took place in 1977 as a result of the site being threatened by a road-widening project. After quoting from the earliest references to the site by the settlers and an...
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