HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ethnogenesis, Seigneurial System Of New France, Michif Language
9 Dec 2015
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Native homelands creation of the story of assiniboine (ik-tomi) 3 geographic zones (grasslands, aspens, boreal) assiniboine, cree, blackfoot (peigan, siksika, crow) adaptation to plains, mobility women"s work, risk reduction pre-contact agriculture (tobacco, 230 songs) sundance ritual boreal forest people, ojibwa, western cree (swampy, woods, rocky) midewiwin, shaking tent. Red river area: cultural crossroads forks of red and assiniboine rivers as native space attracts fur traders/posts. Connections to great lakes, west coast, gulf of mex. Burial site for cree, assiniboine saulteaux (plains ojibwa, chief peguis, netley creek) Settle in 1790"s, looking for furred animals/resources metis of french/aboriginal ancestry. Plan is to bring in ag settlers in order to feed fur traders. Unilateral decision made in gb, no consideration of indg pop metis of british/aboriginal ancestry. 4 parishes, narrow river lots languages of red river, cree, ojibwa, french, english contact languages, nehipwat, michif, bungee. English/scottish/orkney fur trader--cree/ojibway wives missionaries (askenootow, sara riel), social tensions. Also hav metis ministers (sr--sister of louis riel)
