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PF Vol. 08 No.02.Pdf (13.31Mb) PRAIRIE FORUM Vol. 8, NO.2 Fall, 1983 CONTENTS ARTICLES The Western James Bay Cree: Aboriginal and Early Historic Adaptations Charles A. Bishop 147 P. G. Laurie of Battleford: The Aspirations of a Western Enthusiast Walter Hildebrandt . 157 Governmental Coercion in the Settlement of Ukrainian Immigrants in Western Canada John C. Lehr 179 Stephan G. Stephansson: A "West Icelander" Jane McCracken 195 The Saskatchewan Conservatives, Separate Schools and the 1929 Election Peter A. Russell 211 RESEARCH NOTES William Jenninqs Bryan and Western Canada Harvey Strum 225 The Recent Development of a Unique Population: The Hutterites of North America Edward D. Boldt 235 PRAIRIE THESES, 1980-81 241 COPYRIGHT 1983 CANADIAN PLAINS RESEARCH CENTER ISSN 0317 -6282 BOOK REVIEWS DEN OTTER, A. A., Civilizing the West: The GaIts and the Development of Western Canada by Michael J. Carley 251 DEN OTTER, A. A., Civilizing the West: The GaIts and the Development of Western Canada _ by Carl Betke .................................................. .. 252 FOSTER, JOHN (editor), The Developing West, Essays on Canadian History in Honour of L. H. Thomas by Donald B. Wetherell. ......................................... .. 254 MACDONALD, E. A., The Rainbow Chasers by Simon Evans 258 KERR, D., A New Improved Sky by William Latta 260 KERR, D. C. (editor), Western Canadian Politics: The Radical Tradition by G. A. Rawlyk 263 McCRACKEN, JANE, Stephan G. Stephansson: The Poet of the Rocky Mountains by Brian Evans. ................................................ .. 264 SUMMERS, MERNA, Calling Home by R. T. Robertson 266 MALCOLM, M. J., Murder in the Yukon: The Case Against George O'Brien by Thomas Thorner 268 KEITH, W. J., Epic Fiction: The Art of Rudy Wiebe by Don Murray 270 STOWE, L., The Last Great Frontiersman: The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Lamb by J. E. Rea. ................................................... .. 272 WELLS, RONALD A. (editor), Letters from a Young Emigrant in Manitoba by Patrick Dunae ............................................... .. 273 MACDONALD, R. H. (editor), The Best of Grant MacEwan by R. Douglas Francis 276 REPKA, WILLIAM and REPKA, KATHLEEN, Dangerous Patriots: Canada's Unknown Prisoners of War by Gerald Stortz. ............................................... .. 277 ORRELL, JOHN, Fallen Empires) The Lost Theatres of Edmonton: 1881-1914 by Geraldine Anthony 279 KERR, D. and HANSON, S., Saskatoon: The First Half-Century by Doug Charret 281 DE TREMAUDAN, A. H., Hold High Your Heads (History of the Metis Nation in Western Canada) by J. H. Friesen 283 HOWSER, GEORGE (translator) Helgi Einarrson: A Manitoba Fisherman by Joe Martin 285 TARASOFF, KOOZMA J., Plakun Trava: The Doukhobors by Victor Buyniak 286 PRAIRIE FORUM: Journal of the Canadian Plains Research Center Chief Editor: F. Pannekoek, History, Alberta Culture Associate Editors: A. Artibise, History, Winnipeg J. Bennett, Anthropology, St. Louis, MO J. W. Brennan, History, Regina *L. Clark, History, Brandon W. Currie, Native Studies, Saskatoon *B. Freeze, History, Lethbridge Community College *G. Granzberg, Anthropology, Winnipeg *R. Gruhn, Anthropology, Alberta' M. E. Jonescu, CPRC, Regina W. Last, Earth Sciences, Manitoba W. Latta, English, Lethbridge M. Mackie, Sociology, Calgary F. MacKinnon, Political Science, Calgary B. Neal, Biology, Saskatoon A. Paul, Geography, Regina . A. Smith, Agriculture, Regina S. A. Smith, Archives, Winnipeg R. Vogt, Economics, Winnipeg Book Review Editor: G. W. Minifie, CPRC, Regina *The Center appreciates the contributions of the four Associate Editors whose terms expired June 30, 1983. PRAIRIE FORUM is published twice yearly, in Spring and Fall, at an annual subscription of $15.00. All subscriptions, correspondence and contribu­ tions should be sent to The Editor, Prairie Forum, Canadian Plains Re­ search Center, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S OA2. Subscribers will also receive the Canadian Plains Bulletin, the newsletter of the Canadian Plains Research Center. PRAIRIE FORUM. is not responsible for statements, either of fact or of opinion, made by contributors. PRAIRIE FORUM, 1983, Vol. 8, No.2 147 The Western James Bay Cree: Aboriginal and Early Historic Adaptations Charles A. Bishop Department ofAnthropology, State University of New York, Oswego ABSTRACT. Scholarly knowledge about the Cree culture at the time of first contact with the Europeans is at present largely conjectural. Primary sources of evidence, which can be effective in deciphering the protohistoric period, are first-hand European accounts ofIndian life. Studies on the James Bay Cree illustrate the potential of these records and their use in "upstrearning." Similar records relating to the prairies may indicate as well a different but equally complex set of factors pressing for social and cultural changes. RESUME Les connaissances acaderniques sur les premiers contacts de la culture cri avec les Europeens sont aujourd'hui largement conjecturales. Les comptes-rendus europeens de premiere main sur la vie indienne sont les premiers temoignages pouvant- servir it jeter de la lumiere sur la periode protohistorique. Les etudes sur les Cris de la baie James rendent compte du potentiel de ces recits qui peuvent etre utilises pour remonter le cours de l'histoire, Des recits similaires relatifs aux Prairies peuvent aussi presenter un ensemble de facteurs qui, bien que differents, sont tout aussi complexes et favorisent l'apparition de changements sociaux et culturels. Introduction Although a good deal is now known about the Cree Indians who inhabit the region from northwestern Quebec to Alberta, both from ethnological field studies and from ethnohistorical research, Cree cul­ ture at the time of European contact remains largely conjectural. Archaeological research which can provide information on subsistence activities, seasonal settlement size and location, and inter-group exchange relationships has barely begun. Likewise, ethnohistorians have been hampered by a lack of data pertaining to the protohistoric period, that important time span when European trade goods and other influences penetrated Cree domains but when there were no Europeans present to provide first-hand accounts of Indian life and the events that were affecting it (Bishop and Ray 1976). One method of filling this void is to make use of the later, more . detailed, written accounts and field-o btained information. Yet, while these data undoubtedly provide useful clues about aboriginal life, the fact that the Cree being observed were also involved in the mercantile fur trade, and often had been for a considerable time, renders recon­ struction hazardous. As Indians adjusted to the fur trade, their social and economic life gradually altered. Thus, by the time that better information is provided, significant changes had already occurred. Traders' accounts, more often than not, describe the consequences. Indians are noted coming to the trading post with furs or food, or to acquire trade items or food donations. Likewise, they are noted leaving to trap or hunt geese for the post, or to hunt for themselves. Clearly, many of these activities reflect modified adaptive strategies, accom- 148 BISHOP modations to the new fur trade economy. Nevertheless, despite such changes, many Cree customs continued on in the new context, indeed, continued into the twentieth century. The survival of these distinctive Cree customs, however, can create the illusion that other features of Cree culture also persisted unchanged. The degree to which this is so, however, cannot simply be assumed. It requires testing against the limited early evidence. That is the purpose here. Through an analysis of the sketchy evidence pertaining to the western J ames Bay Cree of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, insight can be gained about aboriginal culture and the adaptive modifications that were occurring. Also, given the above methodological caveat, such analysis provides a perspective that can be applied to other regions of western Canada. The Western James Bay Cree: Circa 1625 to 1725 Almost nothing is known ofthe Cree prior to the mid-seventeenth century. We can, nevertheless, be confident that they were hunter­ gatherers possessing some form of band organization. We can also assume that they didn't engage in trapping to the extent that the historical records indicate was the case in later times. In consequence, adaptive strategies probably maximized subsistence efficiency and social welfare. While some inter-group trade probably existed, it is unlikely that such trade interfered with basic subsistence activities. Different bands, related to each other through kinship ties, likely moved from area to area to exploit seasonally large tracts of land, fissioning and fusing when food was difficult to obtain or abundant. In the lowlands west and southwest ofJames Bay, an area ofsome 40,000 square miles, it is doubtful that there were more than ten such bands averaging, perhaps, 50 persons each. Whether Indians occupied the lowlands continuously throughout the year is uncertain, but it is doubtful that they remained near the barren sea coast in winter. Henry Hudson while wintering in James Bay in 1610-11 met only one Indian, suggesting that others had retreated inland. As will become evident, this is in marked contrast to the situation a century later. The French presence along the St. Lawrence after 1600 no doubt began to have an indirect influence on the Cree. The Cree may have received their first European items by the 1620s
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