Inuit language in southern Labrador from 1694-1785 / La langue inuit au Sud du Labrador de 1964 à 1785

Inuit language in southern Labrador from 1694-1785 / La langue inuit au Sud du Labrador de 1964 à 1785
Author: Louis-Jacques Dorais
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1772822280

This monograph consists of word and affix-lists, as well as grammatical observations, concerning the language of the Southern Labrador Inuit from 1694 to 1785. They were collected from written texts of this period and show that the language of these eighteenth century Inuit is almost identical with that of their contemporaries in the Eastern Canadian Arctic./Ce travail présente sous forme de listes de mots et d’affixes ainsi que de remarques grammaticales les données linguistiques continues dans les textes d’époque portant sur les Inuits du Labrador méridional, de 1694 à 1785. Il nous permet de constater que la langue inuit du18e siècle était, à peu de choses près, semblable à celle qui est parlée aujourd’hui dans l’Arctique oriental canadien.

Canadian Inuit literature

Canadian Inuit literature
Author: Robin McGrath
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772822574

A study of the development of contemporary Inuit literature, in both Inuktitut and English, including a discussion of its themes, structures and roots in oral tradition. The author concludes that a strong continuity persists between the two narrative forms despite apparent differences in subject matter and language.

Music of the Netsilik Eskimo: Volume 2

Music of the Netsilik Eskimo: Volume 2
Author: Beverley Cavanagh
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772822450

This study defines the traditional styles and genres of Netsilik Inuit music and examines the extent of change which this music has undergone especially as a result of contact with European and North American music. Volume two consists of song transcriptions and commentaries.

Thesis and dissertation titles and abstracts on the anthropology of Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis from Canadian universities

Thesis and dissertation titles and abstracts on the anthropology of Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis from Canadian universities
Author: René R. Gadacz
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772822582

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.

Abenaki basketry

Abenaki basketry
Author: Gaby Pelletier
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772822485

Once an integral feature of the culture and economy of the St. Francis Abenaki at Odanak, splint basketry has become an activity of the elderly. This volume examines the reasons for this change as indicated by alterations to basketry style and construction between 1880 and the present and the influence of historical events.

Stolen women

Stolen women
Author: Julie Cruikshank
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 139
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772822507

A study of narratives told by female members of the Tagish and Tutchone of central and southern Yukon with particular emphasis on their cultural continuity, function during a period of significant change, and the insights they offer into traditional gender roles. Most important is the author’s revelation of the importance of context in understanding such stories.

Bella Coola Indian music

Bella Coola Indian music
Author: Anton F. Kolstee
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1772822469

This paper describes the ethnographic context and analyses the structural characteristics of Bella Coola songs. Seventy-three original transcriptions which encompass a broad spectrum of Bella Coola ceremonial and non-ceremonial repertoires are included.

Consciousness and inquiry

Consciousness and inquiry
Author: Frank Manning
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772822523

The papers in this volume were prepared for Consciousness and Inquiry, a conference jointly sponsored by the National Museum of Man and the Canadian Ethnology Society, and held in London, Ontario in 1981. The papers focus on interests and concerns which characterize contemporary Canadian ethnology.

North-West River (Sheshatshit) Montagnais :a grammatical sketch

North-West River (Sheshatshit) Montagnais :a grammatical sketch
Author: Sandra Clarke
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1772822426

This work outlines the grammatical categories and inflections, both nominal and verbal, of the Montagnais dialect of North-West River, Labrador. The phonological system of the dialect is briefly sketched and, although the present work does not treat the derivational aspects of Montagnais morphology, certain very common derivational forms are included. A survey of the chief sentence types of the North-West River Montagnais is provided.

Ojibwa lexicon

Ojibwa lexicon
Author: G. L. Piggot
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1772822531

This Ojibwa lexicon provides data on the geographical distribution and historical development of a variety of Ojibwa dialects. As many features of Ojibwa words are indicated by their endings, a reverse version, sorted right-to-left, is included.