Héritage culturel des Métis du Labrador central
Published sources, unpublished reports, excerpts from the oral tradition as well as archival documents are used to depict selected aspects of interethnic relations and the history of Labrador Métis communities. Composed of individuals having both European and Aboriginal ancestors, these Métis commun...
| Published in: | Recherches amérindiennes au Québec |
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| Language: | French |
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Recherches amérindiennes au Québec
2007
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7202/1081639ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1081639ar |
| Summary: | Published sources, unpublished reports, excerpts from the oral tradition as well as archival documents are used to depict selected aspects of interethnic relations and the history of Labrador Métis communities. Composed of individuals having both European and Aboriginal ancestors, these Métis communities developed on the coast as well as in the hinterland. Following a brief historical overview of land use and occupancy as well as population figures by ethnic groups, terms and labels used in historical documents to identify Labrador groups of mixed ancestry will be explained. The following sections will deal more specifically with the central Labrador region including the Melville Lake area and the Churchill River watershed where the continuity in land use and occupancy is demonstrated through an examination of family names present in inventories from different historical periods and based on independent data sources. Finally, material, linguistic as well as symbolic traits are used to define a Métis society and/or culture distinct from its European and Aboriginal predecessors but from which it originated. Des sources publiées, rapports inédits, extraits de la tradition orale et documents d’archives servent à dépeindre quelques aspects des relations interethniques et de l’histoire de quelques communautés métissées du Labrador. Composées d’individus ayant à la fois des ancêtres européens et autochtones, ces communautés métissées se sont développées sur la côte et dans l’arrièrepays. Après un bref survol historique du peuplement, de l’appropriation du territoire et des effectifs démographiques selon le groupe ethnique, il sera question des termes utilisés dans les documents d’époque pour identifier les groupes métissés du Labrador. Par la suite, l’attention portera plus spécifiquement sur la région du Labrador central correspondant au lac Melville et au bassin versant du fleuve Churchill où la continuité dans l’occupation des terres par les Métis est démontrée par l’examen des noms de famille apparaissant dans ... |
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