The Micmacs of Newfoundland: A Resurgent Culture
Over the past decade, following the loss of their traditional systems of social organization and lack of recognition as a native people, the Micmac Indians of Newfoundland have been engaged in a process of cultural revitalization. Utilizing their history in the re-creation of a cultural identity, an...
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Canadian Anthropology Society / Société Canadienne d’Anthropologie (CASCA), formerly/anciennement Canadian Ethnology Society / Société Canadienne d’Ethnologie
1981
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| Online Access: | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1077277ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1077277ar |
| Summary: | Over the past decade, following the loss of their traditional systems of social organization and lack of recognition as a native people, the Micmac Indians of Newfoundland have been engaged in a process of cultural revitalization. Utilizing their history in the re-creation of a cultural identity, an important symbol has been the land and their relationship to it. In this paper, the significance of the land provides a basis for the understanding of this political and cultural resurgence of Indian resurgence. Privés désormais de leurs institutions sociales traditionnelles et à défaut d’être reconnus comme population autochtone, les Indiens Micmac de Terre-Neuve ont entrepris au cours de la dernière décennie, un processus de renouveau culturel. C’est par le truchement de leur histoire qu’ils tentent de retrouver leur identité culturelle et, en ce sens, les liens qui les rattachent au territoire constituent un symbole de la plus haute importance. Cet article se base sur la signification et l’importance du territoire pour permettre une meilleure compréhension du renouveau politique et culturel inhérent à la renaissance du peuple indien. |
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