Title | Western woods Cree |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1981 |
Authors | Smith, J. G. E. |
Publication Language | en |
Keywords | western Woods Cree |
Abstract | Smith breaks down "Western Woods Cree" into three major divisions: the Rocky Cree, the Western Swampy Cree, and Strongwoods or Fort Bois Cree. It is the latter that he places the Cree residing in the northern Alberta/Fort Chipewyan region. He also suggests the possibility of a fourth group, the Athabasca Cree, due to the presence of a distinct r-dialect south of Lake Athabasca in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He does not expand upon this, but refers to the works of Pond, LaCombe and Pentland to back up this theory. Although Smith provides interesting information on the language; territory; history; traditional culture; and socio-culture of both the Rocky and Western Swampy Cree, any substantial information on the Strongwoods Cree is desperately lacking. In lieu of this, Smith's article tends to be lopsided and incomplete. |
Notes | Academic journal article; book chapter |
Locational Keywords | Lake Athabasca, Northern Alberta, and Fort Chipewyan, Alberta |
Group | CEMA |
Citation Key | 24606 |