Towards an understanding of tradition in Cree women's narratives, Waskaganish, James Bay

• Main Author: Garrard, Margaret
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2004
• Subjects: Cree women > James Bay Region; Cree Indians > James Bay Region > Ethnic identity; Autobiographical memory > Social aspects; Waskaganish; Cree indians; James Bay
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=81491

This thesis examines the ways in which Cree women of Waskaganish, James Bay use and understand the concept of tradition in narratives about their lives and changes in their community. The fieldnotes of anthropologist Regina Flannery, completed in the 1930's, serve to orient this research, and p...