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Chipewyan Marriage (Denesuline, Dene)

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Author(s): Henry S. Sharp
Series: National Museum of Man Mercury Series, Canadian Ethnology Service Paper No. 58
Publisher: National Museums of Canada
Year: 1979

Language: English
City: Ottawa

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT/RESUME
LIST OF FIGURES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND
The People
The Land
The Ecological Basis of Chipewyan Social Organization
CHAPTER TWO: THE KINSHIP SYSTEM
The Terminological System
Other Terminological Features
The Kindreds
The Hinting Unit
Reciprocity, Magic, and Conflict Between Hunting Units and Kindreds
CHAPTER THREE: THE MARRIAGE SYSTEM
The Aboriginal System
The Pre-Christian Marriage System
The Christian Era
CHAPTER FOUR: MAKING THE SYSTEM WORK
The Terminological System II
Picking a Spouse: The Children's Opinion
The Nature of Marriage
Hunting Units, Marriage and Divorce
APPENDIX I. MAP OF MISSION
APPENDIX II. ADOPTION AS RECIPROCITY
Introduction
Social Structure
Marriage
Reciprocity
Adoption As Reciprocity
Summary
Footnotes
References
APPENDIX III. FUDGING THE SYSTEM
APPENDIX IV. CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS AT DACHEN LAKE
NOTES
REFERENCES