ANT 358 Dr. Dorothy D. Wills
Winter, 2001 Cal Poly Pomona
Study Guide on Northern Passage
Important Concepts
Ethnographic fieldwork
Flu epidemic of 1919
Introduction of measles, chicken pox, TB
Deforestation
“Stampede of ‘98”
Migratory fish (anadromous)
Potlatch
Totemism
Patrilocal band; territorial aggregation of bands
“Squaw dance”
“Bushman”
Emergent authenticity
Joking relationship
Metis
Divination and dreaming
Starvation food
Magicians
Hunting partner
The “law” of reciprocity
Muskeg (or “big muskeg”)
Naming landmarks (Didn’t Wipe Ass Lake and Ass Wiped Lake) – pardon my French
Personal nicknames
Treaty Day
Commoditization
Important Issues
HBC as “community’s social epicenter”
Role of drinking in Native culture; “Don’t drink with your informants”
Territory and boundaries of hunter-gatherers (semi-nomadic)
Matrilineal kin groups (sib, clan, moiety)
“Shit on the mouth, or shit on the beak”
Ethnolinguistic boundaries and markers
Sandwiched between trader and missionary
Never turn back
Indirectness in transactions
Camp immodesty and other hunting adaptive behaviors
To pay the lake (offerings)