Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Anthropology 338A
Prof. Carmen Lambert
carmen.lambert@mcgill.ca
Fall 2006
MW 15:30-17:00
Steckley, J.L. and B.D. Cummins. The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, in J.L.
Steckley and B.D. Cummins (eds.), Full Circle. Toronto: Prentice-Hall, 2000, pp. 159-166.
Krech III, Shephard. Reflections on Conservation, Sustainability, and Environmentalism in
Indigenous North America. American Anthropologist 107 (1), pp. 78-86.
Wenzel, George W. Sharing, Money, and Modern Inuit Subsistence: Obligation and Reciprocity at
Clyde River, Nunavut, in G.W. Wenzel, G. Hovelsrud-Broda and N. Kishigami (eds.), The Social
Economy of Sharing: Resource Allocation and Modern Hunter-Gatherers. Osaka: National
Museum of Ethnology, 2000, pp. 61-86.
- Sedetary horiticultural societies: Social systems, tribal organization, confederacies,
chiefdoms.
Becker, Mary Druke. Iroquois and Iroquoian in Canada, in R. B. Morrison and C.R. Wilson
(eds.), Native Peoples. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 229-247.
Oswalt, W.H., and S. Neely. The Hopi: Farmers of the North, in W.H. Oswalt and S. Neely (eds.),
This Land Was Theirs, Toronto: Mayfield, 1999, pp. 292-328.
- The Prairie-Plains cultures: Ecological adaptation, the individual and the collectivity
Bonvillain, Nancy. Native Nations of the Plains, in N. Bonvillain (ed.), Native Nations. New
Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2001, pp. 178-206.
- Northwest Coast Societies: Social inequality, the Potlatch
Sutton, Mark Q. Native peoples of the Northwest Coast, in M.Q. Sutton (ed.), An Introduction to
Native North America. New York: Pearson, 2004, pp. 123-139.
McDonald, James A. Poles, Potlatching, and Public Affairs: the Use of Aboriginal Culture in
Development. Culture X (2), 1990, pp. 103-120.
4. The Colonial Framework: Laws, Policies, Treaties
Government of Canada, The Royal Proclamation of 1763 (exerpts)
Littlefield, Alice. Native American Labor and Public Policy in the United States, in S. Lobo and
S. Talbot (eds.) Native American Voices. New York: Longman, 1998, pp. 333-341
Dickason, Olive P. First Numbered Treaties, Police, and the Indian Act, in O.P. Dickason (ed.)
Canadas First Nations. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 248-264.
Government of Canada, The Indian Act (selected provisions)
Frideres, James D. and Ren R. Gadacz. Aboriginal Canada: Identity and Consciousness, in J.D.
Frideres and R.R. Gadacz (eds.), Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2001, pp.
22-46.
Hare, Jan and Jean Barman. Aboriginal Education: Is There a Way Ahead?, in D. Long and O.P.
Dickason (eds.), Visions of the Heart. Toronto: Harcourt, 2000, pp. 331-359.
Government of Canada, Constitution Act, 1982 (selected provisions)
Denis, Claude. Aboriginal Rights In/And Canadian Society: a Syewen Case Study. International
Journal of Canadian Studies 14, 1996, pp. 13-34.
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