Muskox and Man in the Central Canadian Subarctic 1689-1974

Authors

  • Ernest S. Burch, Jr.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2695

Keywords:

Chipewyan Indians, Hunting, Inuit, Muskoxen, Subsistence, Manitoba, Nunavut

Abstract

Discusses the significance of muskoxen in the lives of native peoples in the Canadian Subarctic. Muskoxen were killed for meat and for furs by the Chipewyan and the Inuit in what is now the southern portion of the District of Keewatin, N.W.T., and the northern portion of Manitoba during the years of study.

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Published

1977-01-01

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 3 (1977): September: 133–196

Section

Articles