Provides overview of society including spirituality, organization. kinship, culture, customs, ceremony, ritual, and law.
Chapter 2 from: Aboriginal Benchbook for Western Australia Courts by Stephanie Fryer-Smith.
Chapter 2 located by scrolling to page 2:1.
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
Lists books and articles in the fields of history, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, health, literature, law, education, and the arts.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 175-194
Description
Reviews theories and the issues/problems associated with their application by historians and anthropologist. Focus is on two main, competing theories: Hobsbawmian and constructivist.