Native Women of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Historical Perspective, 1830-1900
Contact with whites often heralded a contraction of native women’s roles and brought about a corresponding decline in their status. Yet the experiences of the Nishga and Tsimshian women of the northern Pacific coast during the fur trade and mission eras defy such generalizations. These women continu...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/jcs.27.4.44 2023-12-31T10:20:21+01:00 Native Women of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Historical Perspective, 1830-1900 Cooper, Carol 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.27.4.44 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jcs.27.4.44 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Journal of Canadian Studies volume 27, issue 4, page 44-75 ISSN 0021-9495 1911-0251 History Cultural Studies journal-article 1993 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs.27.4.44 2023-12-01T08:17:51Z Contact with whites often heralded a contraction of native women’s roles and brought about a corresponding decline in their status. Yet the experiences of the Nishga and Tsimshian women of the northern Pacific coast during the fur trade and mission eras defy such generalizations. These women continued their traditional productive activities while assuming expanded roles as traders and workers at the Hudson’s Bay Company fort, and later took employment as inside workers in the newly established canneries. Nor did missions seriously erode their status, for the continuing economic independence and power of Nishga and Tsimshian women meant that they were not compelled to accept the narrow domestic roles and notions of female submissiveness promoted by the missionaries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nishga Tsimshian Tsimshian* University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Journal of Canadian Studies 27 4 44 75 |
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Contact with whites often heralded a contraction of native women’s roles and brought about a corresponding decline in their status. Yet the experiences of the Nishga and Tsimshian women of the northern Pacific coast during the fur trade and mission eras defy such generalizations. These women continued their traditional productive activities while assuming expanded roles as traders and workers at the Hudson’s Bay Company fort, and later took employment as inside workers in the newly established canneries. Nor did missions seriously erode their status, for the continuing economic independence and power of Nishga and Tsimshian women meant that they were not compelled to accept the narrow domestic roles and notions of female submissiveness promoted by the missionaries. |
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Native Women of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Historical Perspective, 1830-1900 |
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