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Document Description
Title
Putting
it
back
together
:
Micmac
political
identity
in
Newfoundland
Author
Anger
,
Dorothy
C.(Dorothy
Catherine)
,
1954-
Description
Thesis
(M.A.)
--
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1983.
Anthropology
Date
1983
Pagination
xii, 279 leaves : ill., map
Subject
Micmac
Indians;
Indians
of
North
America--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Degree
M.A.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Notes
Bibliography
:
leaves
260-279.
Abstract
The
Micmac
Indians
of
Newfoundland
,
over
the
past
ten
years
, have been
engaged
in a
process
of
political
and
cultural
renaissance.
Having
no
defined
legal
Indian
status
, and with
loss
of their
traditional
social
and
cultural
systems
, they are
using
their
history
in
conjunction
with
political
activism
to
define
their
place
in a
province
in
which
there are
no
registered
Indians.
--
This
study
examines
the
historical
evolution
of this
cultural
resurgence.
Three
related
themes
which
underlie
their
actions
also
underlie
the
material
presented
in this
thesis.
The
first
is
persistence
of
Indian
identity
despite
, and
perhaps
because
of
, its
stigmatisation.
The
second
is
a
hermeneutic
understanding
of
history
which
allows
the
past
to
act
on the
present
in the
self-conscious
re-creation
of a
viable
tradition.
The
third
is
association
with
pan-Indianism
which
transforms
Indian
identity
from
stigma
to a
source
of
pride.
--
The
theoretical
framework
understands
politicisation
of
identity
as
discursive
action
, and
formulates
it
in
terms
of
‘renaissance'
and
‘revitalisation.'
Renaissance
applies
to the
reflexive
use
of a
sense
of
peoplehood
and the
cultural
foundations
which
support
it.
Revitalisation
is
the
articulation
of
renaissance
-
the
pragmatic
strategies
of
survival
and
development
by
which
a
people
alter
or
maintain
their
cultural
whole.
--
The
first
chapter
introduces
the
people
, their
history
, and the
theoretical
and
ethnographic
frameworks.
The
second
chapter
is
a
history
of the
Micmacs
in
Newfoundland
from
settlement
of the
island
the
time
of
Confederation.
In
Chapter
3
, their
history
since
1949
and
political
development
are
discussed.
Chapter
4
examines
identity
as
communicative
action
and
interpretation
of
history
,
illustrated
by
recent
issues
in
Canadian
native
politics.
The
fifth
chapter
discusses
the
complexities
of
native
identity
in
Newfoundland
caused
by the
conflicting
forces
of
stigmatisation
and
revitalisation.
The
concluding
chapter
examines
the
interplay
of
renaissance
and
revitalisation
in
terms
of the
value
and
utility
of
politicised
symbols
of
cultural
tradition.
--
This
thesis
focuses
on the
interplay
of
history
and
political
pragmatism
in the
development
and
maintenance
of
cultural
identity.
The
Micmacs
are
working
toward
practical
objectives
in an
often
hostile
environment
but
,
more
importantly
to
them
, they are
seeking
a
way
of
life
coming
out
of their
history.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
75272095
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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(61.59
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--
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