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Social Science Native American Studies

Algonquin ethnobotany

An interpretation of aboriginal adaptation in Southwestern Quebec

by (author) Meredith Jean Black

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 1980
Category
Native American Studies
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772822274
    Publish Date
    Jan 1980
    List Price
    $11.99

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A compilation of published ethnobotanical data pertaining to all of the Algonkian speaking peoples of eastern North America and field data concerning the Algonquin bands of the Ottawa River drainage and the Cree bands of the St. Maurice drainage of western Quebec. These data help illuminate past subsistence patterns, the seasonal movements of the Algonquin, and the relationship between Algonquin bands and other Algonkian speakers. They also indicate that the Algonquin previously enjoyed a subarctic subsistence orientation similar to that of the Cree and other northerners in contrast to their Iroquoian neighbours thus necessitating a redefinition of the eastern subarctic culture area.

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