Elder Brother and the Law of the People : Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Critical Studies in Native History Series ; v.17 .
- Critical Studies in Native History Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Map 1. Western Canada. Cowessess First Nation is located in southeasternSaskatchewan. -- Map 2. Cowessess and its neighbouring First Nations, Sakimay, Kakewistahaw, andOchapowace. -- Table 1. Population of Cowessess First Nation, July 2013 -- Chapter 1: Elder Brother as Cultural Hero - The Law of the People and Contemporary Customary Kinship -- Tricksters -- Âtayôhkêwina and Âcimowina -- Elder Brother as Cultural Hero -- Elder Brother Stories as Law of the People -- Chapter 2: A Historical View of the Iron Alliance -- Emergence of the Iron Alliance -- Origins of the Assiniboine -- Origins of the Saulteaux -- Archaeology and the Emergence of Plains First Nations People -- Origins of the Métis -- Aboriginal People of the Saskatchewan Plains, 1800-1870 -- Saskatchewan's Aboriginal People up to 1885 -- Chapter 3: Multicultural Bands on the Northern Plains and the Notion of "Tribal" Histories -- Chapter 4: The Multicultural Composition of Cowessess First Nation -- The Cowessess Band and Louis O'Soup, 1870-1913 -- Cowessess Band in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 5: Cowessess Band Members and the Importance of Family Ties -- Impact of Dysfunction and the Reserve Economy on Kinship Practices -- Change and Continuity of Kinship Patterns -- Maintenance of Family Connections -- Chapter 6: First Nations Response to Membership Codes of the Indian Act - Bill C-31 and Cowessess First Nation -- Entrenchment of Legal Criteria for "Indian" -- Challenges to the Indian Act's Membership Code -- Reactions to Bill C-31 -- Cowessess Members' Views of Bill C-31 -- Chapter 7: Implementing Treaty Obligations in Saskatchewan - Cowessess First Nation andTreaty Land Entitlement -- The Emergence of Treaty Land Entitlement -- The Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement. Cowessess First Nation and Treaty Land Entitlement -- Cowessess Members' View of the Impact of TLE -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
An entirely new way of viewing Aboriginal cultural indentity on the northern plains.