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Archival sources and the culture history of the Indians of the Eastern Subarctic *
Author(s) -
BISHOP CHARLES A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1975.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - subarctic climate , value (mathematics) , field (mathematics) , history , geography , ethnology , environmental ethics , anthropology , sociology , archaeology , philosophy , computer science , mathematics , machine learning , pure mathematics
This paper discusses some of the historical materials available to anthropologists interested in research on the Indians of the Eastern Subarctic. Until very recently, several important archival resources were either unknown or ignored by scholars, and therefore many ethnohistorical issues have remained unresolved. In some cases, field data have been extended back in time to fill gaps. But when historical materials are later uncovered, they sometimes refute field‐derived historical assumptions. This paper, then, stresses the importance of archival research and illustrates its value with reference to several problem areas in Subarctic ethnology. Of special significance are the Hudson's Bay Company Archives in Winnipeg.