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Social Science Indigenous Studies

Patrons and Brokers in the East Arctic

edited by Robert Paine

Publisher
ISER Books
Initial publish date
Jan 1971
Category
Indigenous Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919666511
    Publish Date
    Jan 1971
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

In virtually every settlement in the Canadian Arctic there are one or more white persons 'in charge'; the aim of this volume is to explain the relationship that exists between these persons and the local native population, Inuit or Indian.

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"An important contribution to the transactional theory of middlemen." - American Anthropologist