SOCIOL 2U06 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Potlatch, Patrilineality, Indian Act
30 Mar 2016
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Topic 19 family finances and economic stress. Chapter twenty-two: the lake babine first nation family yesterday and today. One of several nations known to us at the yinkdainee or carrier, who are related by language, political and legal structures, and cultural traditions. Europeans first arrived permanently in lake babine first nation territory in 1822, when the hudson"s bay company established its first trading post on lake babine. It became influenced by european patrilineal practices and patriarchy, and by principles of european marriage as a legally binding monogamous lifetime relationship: originally they were a matrilineal society. Missionaries" hostility toward lake babine first nation marital practices was rooted in concepts of morality. The seat of government and legal order, the bah"lats was a ceremonial feast of public witnessing. In a matrilineal society, a balance of rituals and services is needed to reinforce paternal ties: the bah"lats/clan complex protects these relationships.
