A native game : settler perceptions of Indian/settler relations in central Labrador

Plaice, Evelyn Mary (1986) A native game : settler perceptions of Indian/settler relations in central Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Abstract

This thesis explores Settler perceptions of Indian/Settler relations in a Labrador community and interprets these perceptions as statements about Settler identities and social characters. Analysing the causes of changes in perception, the thesis demonstrates the operation of various influences, historical, economic, and political, in the creation of these identities and perceptions. Finally, it shows how ethnicity becomes fluid with the fragmentation of social experience caused by these influences, and how this fluidity makes it possible to manipulate ethnic identity in pursuance of various goals.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
URI: http://research.library.mun.ca/id/eprint/7910
Item ID: 7910
Additional Information: Bibliography: leaves 235-245.
Department(s): Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of > Anthropology
Date: 1986
Date Type: Submission
Geographic Location: Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--North West River
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Ethnology--Newfoundland and Labrador--North West River; Ethnicity--Newfoundland and Labrador--North West River; North West River (N.L.)--Ethnic relations; North West River (N.L.)--Social life and customs

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