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Innes, Robert Alexander.
Subjects
Cowessess First Nation.
Kinship.
First Nations -- Saskatchewan.
Indigenous peoples -- Kinship -- Saskatchewan.
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Treaties.
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Saskatchewan.
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Innes, Robert Alexander.
Cowessess First Nation.
Kinship.
First Nations -- Saskatchewan.
Indigenous peoples -- Kinship -- Saskatchewan.
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Treaties.
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Saskatchewan.
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Elder brother and the law of the people : contemporary kinship and
Cowessess
First
Nation
/ Robert Alexander Innes.
by
Innes, Robert Alexander.
University of Manitoba Press, c2013.
Call #:
970.3 C874i
Subjects
Cowessess
First
Nation
.
Kinship.
First
Nations -- Saskatchewan.
Indigenous peoples -- Kinship -- Saskatchewan.
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Treaties.
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Saskatchewan.
ISBN:
9780887557460 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Contemporary kinship and
Cowessess
First
Nation
Description:
249 p. : ill., maps
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices governed by the Law of the People as described in traditional Elder Brother stories. Elder Brother stories outlined social interaction, marriage, adoption, and kinship roles and responsibilities. In Elder Brother and the Law of the People, Innes offers a detailed analysis of the role of Elder Brother stories in historical and contemporary kinship practices in
Cowessess
First
Nation
, located in southeastern Saskatchewan. He reveals how these practices undermine legal and scholarly definitions of “Indian” and counter the perception that
First
Nations people have internalized such classifications. He presents
Cowessess
's successful negotiation of the 1996 Treaty Land Entitlement agreement and their high inclusion rate of new "Bill-C31s" as evidence of the persistence of historical kinship values and their continuing role as the central unifying factor for band membership."--Back cover.
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Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
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