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Cooper, Carol Ann.

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'To be free on our lands': Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a societies in historical perspective, 1830-1900.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	'To be free on our lands': Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a societies in historical perspective, 1830-1900./
Author:	Cooper, Carol Ann.
Description:	485 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-08, Section: A, page: 3166.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International54-08A.
Subject:	History, Canadian. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NN81133
ISBN:	9780315811331

'To be free on our lands': Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a societies in historical perspective, 1830-1900.
Cooper, Carol Ann.

'To be free on our lands': Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a societies in historical perspective, 1830-1900. - 485 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-08, Section: A, page: 3166.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo (Canada), 1993.

This dissertation studies the efforts of the Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a to preserve their identity and cultural integrity under the fur trade, missionization and industrialization, which were established in rapid succession on the northern Pacific coast after 1830. The Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a, two linguistically and culturally similar tribes, accepted change and deliberately sought innovations, but often they did so in order to survive as distinct cultures. A complex process of incorporation was involved whereby such developments as the fur trade, Christianity and participation in the commercial fisheries became part of their tradition and their very identity. At the same time, the Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a consciously endeavoured to preserve many of their traditional economic activities and sociopolitical arrangements.

ISBN: 9780315811331Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017564
History, Canadian.

'To be free on our lands': Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a societies in historical perspective, 1830-1900.
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520 $a This dissertation studies the efforts of the Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a to preserve their identity and cultural integrity under the fur trade, missionization and industrialization, which were established in rapid succession on the northern Pacific coast after 1830. The Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a, two linguistically and culturally similar tribes, accepted change and deliberately sought innovations, but often they did so in order to survive as distinct cultures. A complex process of incorporation was involved whereby such developments as the fur trade, Christianity and participation in the commercial fisheries became part of their tradition and their very identity. At the same time, the Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a consciously endeavoured to preserve many of their traditional economic activities and sociopolitical arrangements.
520 $a While the study acknowledges that Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a societies were profoundly influenced by contact with Euro-Canadians, it is not primarily intended as an analysis of Native-Euro-Canadian relations. Rather, it focuses upon the political, economic and social strategies employed by these tribes and by the corporate groups which comprised them, in order to maximize their autonomy and retain their cultural distinctiveness under changing conditions. Comparative insights are also offered regarding Coast Tsimshian and Nisga'a responses to contact. The Coast Tsimshian accepted a greater degree of innovation in their material culture and their sociopolitical arrangements over time, which is understandable since they had always been the most receptive of the northern coastal tribes in regard to new economic and spiritual influences and they alone experienced the unbroken presence of non-Natives in their territory after 1834. In contrast, the Nisga'a benefited by their isolation, for they were able to carry out more of their traditional subsistence pursuits and ceremonial functions with less frequent intrusion by Euro-Canadians. Thus, they could incorporate change in a more gradual fashion than the Coast Tsimshian. Yet, regardless of their differences, neither group surrendered their fundamental identity as Native Peoples. As the century closed, both remained committed to preserving their cultural integrity and to retaining the land-base from which their autonomy and identity flowed.
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