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“Going in Between”: The Impact of European Technology on the Work Patterns of the West Main Cree of Northern Ontario

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  • George, Peter J.
  • Preston, Richard J.

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The West Main Cree of northern Ontario adapted readily but selectively to the European technologies and institutions made available by the fur trade. Yet some basic cultural and psychological differences regarding the accumulation of wealth, attitudes to work, and dependence on relief and government transfers complicated Indian-European relations. In a rational attempt to compromise among today's complex choices, the Cree have abandoned their traditional bush pursuits for village life and wage employment, with hunting and trapping reduced to part-time or recreational activities.

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  • George, Peter J. & Preston, Richard J., 1987. "“Going in Between”: The Impact of European Technology on the Work Patterns of the West Main Cree of Northern Ontario," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(2), pages 447-460, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:47:y:1987:i:02:p:447-460_04
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    1. Laura Fuentes & Hugo Asselin & Annie Claude Bélisle & Oscar Labra, 2020. "Impacts of Environmental Changes on Well-Being in Indigenous Communities in Eastern Canada," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-11, January.

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