Animal Personhood in Mi’kmaq Perspective
The Mi’kmaq are the First Nation people that traditionally inhabited the eastern coast of North America. This article explores the Mi’kmaq cultural view of non-human animals as siblings and persons, including elements shaping the Mi’kmaq relation with animals such as the belief that animals sacrific...
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ftunivtoronto:oai:localhost:1807/87497 2023-05-15T17:12:54+02:00 Animal Personhood in Mi’kmaq Perspective Robinson, Margaret 2014-12-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1807/87497 https://doi.org/10.3390/soc4040672 unknown Societies 4 (4): 672-688 (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/1807/87497 https://doi.org/10.3390/soc4040672 2014 ftunivtoronto https://doi.org/10.3390/soc4040672 2020-06-17T12:16:48Z The Mi’kmaq are the First Nation people that traditionally inhabited the eastern coast of North America. This article explores the Mi’kmaq cultural view of non-human animals as siblings and persons, including elements shaping the Mi’kmaq relation with animals such as the belief that animals sacrifice themselves for food, that human and animal spirits are eternal, and a belief in reincarnation. The role of reciprocity in the animal–human relationship is examined through the concepts of respect and honor, and the Mi’kmaq value of avoiding scarcity ( netukulimk ) is expanded to include non-human animals. Other/Unknown Material Mi’kmaq University of Toronto: Research Repository T-Space Societies 4 4 672 688 |
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The Mi’kmaq are the First Nation people that traditionally inhabited the eastern coast of North America. This article explores the Mi’kmaq cultural view of non-human animals as siblings and persons, including elements shaping the Mi’kmaq relation with animals such as the belief that animals sacrifice themselves for food, that human and animal spirits are eternal, and a belief in reincarnation. The role of reciprocity in the animal–human relationship is examined through the concepts of respect and honor, and the Mi’kmaq value of avoiding scarcity ( netukulimk ) is expanded to include non-human animals. |
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