Athapaskan Matriliny and Trade In Canada and Alaska
This thesis puts forward an explanation for the presence of matrilineal descent groups among the Athapaskan speaking people of Alaska and the western sub-Arctic of Canada. The hypothesis put forward here is that matrilineal descent groups apread from the Tlingit to the Athapaskan peoples, as a resul...
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ftmcmaster:oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/10361 2023-05-15T14:59:32+02:00 Athapaskan Matriliny and Trade In Canada and Alaska Allen, Wallingford Wayne Damnes, David Sociology and Anthropology 2011-07-18 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10361 unknown opendissertations/5409 6431 2103816 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10361 Anthropology Sociology thesis 2011 ftmcmaster 2022-03-22T21:10:48Z This thesis puts forward an explanation for the presence of matrilineal descent groups among the Athapaskan speaking people of Alaska and the western sub-Arctic of Canada. The hypothesis put forward here is that matrilineal descent groups apread from the Tlingit to the Athapaskan peoples, as a result of the more profitable) their trade with Athapaskans. Membership in Tlingit descent groups apread to Athapaskans who became trading partners of the Tlingit and who married Tlingit women. This pattern of trading partnerships and intermarriage was copied by the Athapaskan and resulted in the apread of matrilineal descent groups into the interior. Master of Arts (MA) Thesis Arctic tlingit Alaska MacSphere (McMaster University) Arctic Canada |
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This thesis puts forward an explanation for the presence of matrilineal descent groups among the Athapaskan speaking people of Alaska and the western sub-Arctic of Canada. The hypothesis put forward here is that matrilineal descent groups apread from the Tlingit to the Athapaskan peoples, as a result of the more profitable) their trade with Athapaskans. Membership in Tlingit descent groups apread to Athapaskans who became trading partners of the Tlingit and who married Tlingit women. This pattern of trading partnerships and intermarriage was copied by the Athapaskan and resulted in the apread of matrilineal descent groups into the interior. Master of Arts (MA) |
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Athapaskan Matriliny and Trade In Canada and Alaska |
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