Hudson Bay Watershed : a photographic memoir of the Ojibway, Cree, and Oji-Cree / John Macfie and Basil Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macfie, John, 1925-2018, author.

Johnston, Basil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algonquian Indians--Pictorial works.

Algonquian Indians.

Indians of North America--Ontario, Northern--Pictorial works.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Oxford : Dundurn Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the midpoint of the twentieth century, the First Nations people of Ontario's underdeveloped hinterland lived primarily from the land. They congregated in summer in defined communities but in early autumn dispersed to winter camps to hunt, fish, and trap. Increasingly, however, they found they had to adapt to a different way of life, one closer to the Canadian mainstream. While lifestyles and expectations were clearly changing, the native people's desire to maintain their rich and distinctive cultural traditions remained strong. John Macfie, then an employee with the Ontario Depar

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; One: Living off the Land; Two: Hunting and Harvesting; Three: The Fur Trade; Four: Some Customs and Traditions; Five: Echoes of a Rich Culture; Six: Portraits of the People

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611962067

9781554881925

1554881927

9781281962065

1281962066

OCLC:

279034882