Описание: The Life of the Afterlife in the Big Sky State is a groundbreaking history of death in Montana. It offers a unique, reflective, and sensitive perspective on the evolution of customs and burial grounds. Beginning with Montana’s first known burial site, Ellen Baumler considers the archaeological records of early interments in rock ledges, under cairns, in trees, and on open-air scaffolds. Contact with Europeans at trading posts and missions brought new burial practices. Later, crude “boot hills” and pioneer graveyards evolved into orderly cemeteries. Planned cemeteries became the hallmark of civilization and the measure of an educated community. Baumler explores this history, yet untold about Montana. She traces the pathway from primitive beginnings to park-like, architecturally planned burial grounds where people could recreate, educate their children, and honor the dead.The Life of the Afterlife in the Big Sky State is not a comprehensive listing of the many hundreds of cemeteries across Montana. Rather it discusses cultural identity evidenced through burial practices, changing methods of interments and why those came about, and the evolution of cemeteries as the “last great necessity” in organized communities. Through examples and anecdotes, the book examines how we remember those who have passed on.
Автор: Foster Martha Harroun Название: We Know Who We Are: Mйtis Identity in a Montana Community ISBN: 0806153482 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806153483 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2753.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: They know who they are. Of predominantly Chippewa, Cree, French, and Scottish descent, the M?tis people have flourished as a distinct ethnic group in Canada and the northwestern United States for nearly two hundred years. Yet their M?tis identity is often ignored or misunderstood in the United States. Unlike their counterparts in Canada, the U.S. M?tis have never received federal recognition. In fact, their very identity has been questioned.In this rich examination of a M?tis community - the first book-length work to focus on the Montana M?tis - Martha Harroun Foster combines social, political, and economic analysis to show how its people have adapted to changing conditions while retaining a strong sense of their own unique culture and traditions.Despite overwhelming obstacles, the M?tis have used the bonds of kinship and common history to strengthen and build their community. As Foster carefully traces the lineage of M?tis families from the Spring Creek area, she shows how the people retained their sense of communal identity. She traces the common threads linking diverse M?tis communities throughout Montana and lends insight into the nature of M?tis identity in general. And in raising basic questions about the nature of ethnicity, this pathbreaking work speaks to the difficulties of ethnic identification encountered by all peoples of mixed descent.
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