INKONZE : Magico-religious beliefs of contact-traditional Chipewyan trading at Fort Resolution, NWT, Canada (Chipewan, Denesuline, Dene)

This work is a study of the role of supernaturally adept people of a Chipewyan group, in relation to curing, divination, social control, aggression, food quest and leadership. Cover CONTENTS Introduction A SKETCH OF CONTACT-TRADITIONAL CHIPEWYAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE Location and Subsistence of Contact-Traditional Chipewyan Trading at Fort Resolution The Contact-Traditional All-Native Community Socio-Territorial Organization of the Contact-Traditional Horizon Kinship Organization I[sup(N)]KO[sup(N)]ZE AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION DURING THE CONTACT-TRADITIONAL HORIZON The Nature of I[sup(n)]ko[sup(n)]ze I[sup(n)]ko[sup(n)]ze: Curing, Divining, and Social Control Aggressive I[sup(n)]ko[sup(n)]ze I[sup(n)]ko[sup(n)]ze, Subsistence Group Activities, and Leadership Conclusion NOTES REFERENCES CITED Aspects of the role of magico-religious beliefs in the Society of Chipewyan trading with Fort Resolution between 1900 and 1945 are described