Beaver
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada
The Beaver lived as three composite bands along the Peace River; their fundamental socioeconomic unit was the bilaterally extended family group, which was dependent upon buffalo, woodland caribou, moose, beaver, and hares. Their worldview, associated behaviors, and socioeconomic activities emerged from this dependence upon game. Social control, kinship, and traditions were maintained through stories, vision quests, food and behavioral taboos, dreaming, consensus of opinion, and threats of sorcery.
The Beaver, after being forced from their aboriginal area by the Cree in the...
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