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HAUTE-MAURICIE [3 records]

Record 1 2022-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

Those who recorded the period of the fur trade in writing noted a distinction which still exists today between Crees of the coast (Coasters) and Crees from the interior (Inlanders). The main activity of the coastal Crees was goose hunting; their hunting and trapping territories were not very far away and did not require the use of a canoe ... The inland Crees, more numerous than those of the coast and occupying the land at a distance from the coast, only came to the post once a year to exchange their furs; they were the main suppliers of pelts.

OBS

There are four ways to express an indigenous collectivity in English : 1) with the plural inflection "-s"; 2) if the collectivity does not apply to a subgroup, with the use of the term "nation", as in the Cree nation; 3) with the use of the word "people", as in the Huron and Cree peoples; 4) with the use of the definite article, e. g. The Cree of the coast make up the aboriginal nation occupying the Haute-Mauricie region. Since the "-s" is redundant, this author prefers the use of the definite article(e. g. the Cree, the Haida, etc.). However the use of "nation" is the option preferred most by the Native peoples of Canada, for political reasons.

Key term(s)
  • Coastal Cree

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Les chroniqueurs de l'époque de la traite des fourrures ont noté l'existence d'une distinction, qui s'est perpétuée jusqu'à nos jours, entre les Cris de la côte («Coasters») et les Cris de l'intérieur («Inlanders»). La principale activité des Cris de la côte était la chasse à l'oie. [...] Les Cris de l'intérieur, plus nombreux que ceux de la côte et occupant les terres éloignées ne venaient au poste qu'une fois l'an pour y échanger leurs fourrures. Ils étaient de fait les principaux fournisseurs en pelleteries.

Key term(s)
  • Coaster

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

Those who recorded the period of the fur trade in writing noted a distinction which still exists today between Crees of the coast (Coasters) and Crees from the interior (Inlanders). The inland Crees, more numerous than those of the coast and occupying the land at a distance from the coast, only came to the post once a year to exchange their furs; they were the main suppliers of pelts.

OBS

There are four ways to express an indigenous collectivity in English : 1) with the plural inflection "-s"; 2) if the collectivity does not apply to a subgroup, with the use of the term "nation", as in the Cree nation; 3) with the use of the word "people", as in the Huron and Cree peoples; 4) with the use of the definite article, e. g. The Cree from the interior make up the aboriginal nation occupying the Haute-Mauricie region. Since the "-s" is redundant, this author prefers the use of the definite article(e. g. the Cree, the Haida, etc.). However the use of "nation" is the option preferred most by the Native peoples of Canada, for political reasons.

Key term(s)
  • Cree of the interior

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Les chroniqueurs de l'époque de la traite des fourrures ont noté l'existence d'une distinction, qui s'est perpétuée jusqu'à nos jours, entre les Cris de la côte («Coasters») et les Cris de l'intérieur («Inlanders»).[...] Les Cris de l'intérieur, plus nombreux que ceux de la côte et occupant les terres éloignées ne venaient au poste qu'une fois l'an pour y échanger leurs fourrures. Ils étaient de fait les principaux fournisseurs en pelleteries.

Key term(s)
  • Inlander

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Indigenous Sociology
DEF

The adoption of a sedentary mode of life.

CONT

The trading posts intensified the settling process of the Amerindians who spent more and more time there as their dependency on goods offered by the employees in exchange for furs increased... This rapid industrialization of the Haute-Mauricie could not help but result in a number of changes for the Attikamek population. First came the settling process caused by passing from a subsistency economy based on hunting, fishing and trapping to an economy based on earning wages....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
DEF

Fait de vivre en un lieu fixe, où la population n'est pas nomade.

CONT

Les postes de traite accentuèrent donc la «sédentarisation» des Amérindiens, ceux-ci y passant de plus en plus de temps à mesure que s'accrût leur dépendance vis-à-vis des denrées offertes en échange des fourrures [...] Cette industrialisation rapide de la Haute-Mauricie ne fut pas sans entraîner de multiples conséquences pour la population attikamek. Il y eut d'abord la «sédentarisation» provoquée par le passage d'une économie de subsistance (chasse, pêche et piégeage) à une économie de salariés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología industrial y económica
  • Sociología indígena
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