Quelques aspects du contact culturel dans la région du détroit de Belle Isle (Canada)

• Published in: Journal de la société des américanistes
• Main Authors: Louis-Jacques Dorais, Valérie Céré
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; French
• Published: Société des américanistes 2012
• Subjects: aboriginal claims; dog sled; History of Civilization; CB3-482; Canada; Belle Isle; Détroit de Belle Isle; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/jsa.12368; https://doaj.org/article/faf0e0aaa50f46e69b58008a919fc62a

Some aspects of cultural cross-breeding in the Belle Isle Strait region. This article, based on field work and on an analysis of published literature, describes a number of aspects of the mixed Inuit-European culture that has developed in the Belle Isle Strait region (eastern Canada) since the 18th century. The dog-team complex, borrowed from Inuit technology, is discussed in a more thorough way, because it constitutes an excellent example of cultural cross-breeding. The article aims at showing how this type of aboriginal cultural traits can strengthen the land claims of the local people, many of which have Inuit ancestors.