Voices from Hudson Bay: Cree Stories from York Factory (Rupert’s Land Record Society Series)

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The era the elders describe, from the end of World War I to the closing of York Factory in 1957, saw dramatic changes – both positive and negative – to aboriginal life within the North. The extension of Treaty 5 in 1910 to incorporate members of the York Factory band, the arrival of police and government agents, and the shifting economy of the fur trade are all discussed. Regardless of these upheavals, then again, the elders’ accounts demonstrate the continuity of northern life within the twentieth century, from the persistence of traditional how you can the continuing role of community and kinship ties. Perceptions of aboriginal life have been shaped in large part by non-Native accounts that offer limited views of Swampy Cree history and record little beyond the social and economic interaction that used to be a part of life within the fur trade. The stories on this collection provide Cree perspectives on northern life and history, and represent the legacy of a younger generation of aboriginal people.
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