Boundaries and Hunting Groups of the River Desert Algonquin

Title: Boundaries and Hunting Groups of the River Desert Algonquin
Contributor: Corporation de la Maison Dumulon (sharing)
Creator: Frank G. Speck
Language: eng
Spatial Coverage: Kitigan Zibi
Famille: Commanda; Mathias; McDougall; Tenasco; Whiteduck
Description: This article, published in Indian Notes v.6 no. 2, tells the story of the Kitiganzibiwininiwag. They fled part of their ancestral territory between 1610 and 1720, then lived at the lake of the Two Mountains until the early 1800s. The author quotes Chief Michel Buckshot, who recalls a distant time when the Anicinabek inhabited "a territory far downstream from the St. Lawrence, where the water was salty and the land unhealthy."

The text also includes a register of family heads and hunters in Kitigan Zibi in 1929. According to Speck, these men primarily work in agriculture, while continuing to hunt from time to time. Many of them temporarily leave the community to work in the city or as loggers.
Format: Text
Caractéristiques du format: 25 pages
Matériaux: Paper
Date Created: 1929
Transmission: Kawanok
Access Rights: Open access
License: Public domain
Date Modified: 2025-06-09
Identifier: smithsonian-texte-006
Source: Smithsonian Libraries