Research Catalog

Title

Hunting caribou : subsistence hunting along the northern edge of the boreal forest / Henry S. Sharp and Karyn Sharp.

Author

Sharp, Henry S.

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

Sharp, Karyn.

Description

xli, 293 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "Participant ethnography of the subsistence hunting practices of a band of Denesuline in the Northwestern Territories"--
• "Denesuline hunters range from deep in the boreal forest far into the tundra of northern Canada. Henry S. Sharp, a social anthropologist and ethnographer, spent several decades participating in fieldwork and observing hunts by this extended kin group. His daughter, Karyn Sharp, who is an archaeologist specializing in First Nations Studies and is Denesuline, also observed countless hunts. Over the years the father and daughter realized that not only their personal backgrounds but also their disciplinary specializations significantly affected how each perceived and understood their experiences with the Denesuline. In Hunting Caribou, Henry and Karyn Sharp attempt to understand and interpret their decades-long observations of Denesuline hunts through the multiple disciplinary lenses of anthropology, archaeology, and ethnology. Although questions and methodologies differ between disciplines, the Sharps' ethnography, by connecting these components, provides unique insights into the ecology and motivations of hunting societies. Themes of gender, women's labor, insects, wolf and caribou behavior, scale, mobility and transportation, and land use are linked through the authors' personal voice and experiences. This participant ethnography makes an important contribution to multiple fields in academe while simultaneously revealing broad implications for research, public policy, and First Nations politics"--

Subjects

• Chipewyan Indians > Northwest Territories > Social life and customs
• Northwest Territories > Environmental conditions
• Northwest Territories > Social life and customs
• Chipewyan Indians > Hunting > Northwest Territories
• Caribou hunting > Northwest Territories
• Hunting and gathering societies > Northwest Territories
• Human ecology > Northwest Territories
• Subsistence hunting > Northwest Territories
• Ethnology > Northwest Territories

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288)and index.

Language (note)

• Text in English.

Contents

Hunt 1. Caribou -- Text 1. Hunting and Predation -- Small Game. Native Mammals. Scale, Guns, and Freedom. Denésuliné Conceptualization of Hunting. Biology of Women as Hunters. Trust. Hunting Is the Easy Part -- Hunt 2. Moose -- Text 2. Food Storage -- Meat Distribution. In the Village. Food Storage in the Bush : Freezing, Drying, Smoking, Natural Refrigeration. Protecting Dried Meat. Drying Caribou Meat. Marrow and Boiling Bones for Grease -- Hunt 3. Caribou : Pursuit and Risk -- Text 3. Persistence in Hunting -- The Dangers of Moving through the Bush. Walking the Land. Dog Teams. Boats, Opportunistic Contact in Hunting -- Hunt 4. Caribou : Waiting for Prey -- Text 4. Weapons -- Muskets and Rifles. Accuracy. How Weapons Technology Altered Denésuliné Hunting. Women and Rifles. Social Changes from Changed Hunting Methods. Pursuit Hunting and Following Wounded Game -- Hunt 5. Caribou : Walking, Kill Locations, and Spoilage -- Text 5. Carrion and Scavengers -- The African Model. Consequences of Human Scavenging. An Anthropological Gender War. Eating the Dead. Snow Probes -- Hunt 6. Wolf -- Text 6. Camp Formation -- Pitching a Camp. Work Areas and Dog Beds. Area a Camp Occupies. Range of Day Trips. Marking the Land. Average Area Exploited by a Camp. Human Influence upon the Land -- Hunt 7. Moose : Hunting by Habitat -- Text 7. Summer Doldrums -- Inactivity. Problems with Making and Storing Dry Meat. Fish and Other Things. Choosing a Camp Location. Scars on the Land -- Hunt 8. Caribou : Long-Distance Hunting -- Text 8. Transporting Meat -- Walking the Land. Storing Meat in Lakes -- Interlude 1. Land Use and the Terrain at Foxholm Lake -- Hunt 9. Bear : Failed Hunt -- Text 9. Looking for Game -- The Use of High Ground. The Scale of Distance in Hunting. Time and Distance -- Hunt 10. Caribou : Calves -- Text 10. Hides -- Characteristics of Caribou Hide and Leather. Making and Working Caribou Hide. Time Window for Taking Caribou Hide. Parasites and Seasonality. Uses of Caribou Hide. The Need for Hides Modifies Hunting Priorities. Hunting the Megafauna -- Hunt 11. Jackfish -- Text 11. Women's Labor -- Flexibility in the Sexual Division of Labor. Women's Work and Social Status. Women's Tasks and Shared Work. Raw Materials vs. Finished Products. The Balance of Temperaments -- Hunt 12. Bear : Stalking Prey -- Text 12. Prey Choices -- The Failure of Economic Analysis -- Hunt 13. Missing Hunts -- Text 13. Shadows of the Past -- Geology, Rock, Ice, and Ground Cover. Permafrost, Drainage, and Ice Action. Change. How Long Is the Memory of Unused Technology? Clothing. The Generational Transmission of Knowledge -- Interlude 2. Wolves, Caribou, and Approaching Prey -- Hunt 14. Caribou : Caching in the Fall -- Text 14. Hunting from High Ground -- Prey Selection. Hunting with Spears -- Hunt 15. Caribou : Failed Hunt -- Text 15. A Puzzle -- How Past Hunters Hunted the Land -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 15-3419

ISBN

• 9780803274464 (cloth : alkaline paper)
• 0803274467 (cloth : alkaline paper)
• 9780803277359 (ePub) (canceled/invalid)
• 9780803277366 (MOBI) (canceled/invalid)
• 9780803277373 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015002778

OCLC

894747654

Author

Sharp, Henry S.

Title

Hunting caribou : subsistence hunting along the northern edge of the boreal forest / Henry S. Sharp and Karyn Sharp.

Publisher

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288)and index.

Language

Text in English.

Added Author

Sharp, Karyn.

Research Call Number

JFE 15-3419