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• catalog abstract "Religious ceremonies were an inseparable part of Aboriginal traditional life, reinforcing social, economic and political values. However, missionaries and government officials with ethnocentric attitudes of cultural superiority decreed that Native dances and ceremonies were immoral or un-Christian and an impediment to the integration of the Native population into Canadian society. Beginning in 1885, the Department of Indian Affairs implemented a series of amendments to the Canadian Indian Act designed to eliminate traditional forms of religious expression and customs, such as the Sun Dance, the Midewiwin, the Sweat Lodge and giveaway ceremonies. However, the amendments were only partially effective. Aboriginal resistance to the laws took many forms; community leaders challenged the legitimacy of the terms and the manner in which the regulations were implemented, and they altered their ceremonies - the times and locations, the practices - in an attempt both to avoid detection and to placate the agents who enforced the law. Katherine Pettipas views the amendments as part of official support for the destruction of indigenous cultural systems. She presents a critical analysis of the administrative policies and considers the effects of government suppression of traditional religious activities on the whole spectrum of Aboriginal life, focusing on the experiences of the Plains Cree from the mid-1800s to 1951, when regulations pertaining to religious practices were removed from the Act. She shows how the destructive effects of the legislation are still felt in Aboriginal communities today, and offers insight to current issues of Aboriginal spirituality, including access to and use of religious objects held in museum repositories, protection of sacred lands and sites, and the right to indigenous religious practices in prison.".
• catalog contributor b7114518.
• catalog created "1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Religious ceremonies were an inseparable part of Aboriginal traditional life, reinforcing social, economic and political values. However, missionaries and government officials with ethnocentric attitudes of cultural superiority decreed that Native dances and ceremonies were immoral or un-Christian and an impediment to the integration of the Native population into Canadian society. Beginning in 1885, the Department of Indian Affairs implemented a series of amendments to the Canadian Indian Act designed to eliminate traditional forms of religious expression and customs, such as the Sun Dance, the Midewiwin, the Sweat Lodge and giveaway ceremonies. However, the amendments were only partially effective. Aboriginal resistance to the laws took many forms; community leaders challenged the legitimacy of the terms and the manner in which the regulations were implemented, and they altered their ceremonies - the times and locations, the practices - in an attempt both to avoid detection and to placate the agents who enforced the law. Katherine Pettipas views the amendments as part of official support for the destruction of indigenous cultural systems. She presents a critical analysis of the administrative policies and considers the effects of government suppression of traditional religious activities on the whole spectrum of Aboriginal life, focusing on the experiences of the Plains Cree from the mid-1800s to 1951, when regulations pertaining to religious practices were removed from the Act. She shows how the destructive effects of the legislation are still felt in Aboriginal communities today, and offers insight to current issues of Aboriginal spirituality, including access to and use of religious objects held in museum repositories, protection of sacred lands and sites, and the right to indigenous religious practices in prison.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 304 p., [10] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Severing the ties that bind.".
• catalog identifier "0887551513 (bound) :".
• catalog identifier "0887556388 (pbk.) :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Severing the ties that bind.".
• catalog isPartOf "Manitoba studies in native history, 0826-9416 ; 7".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press,".
• catalog relation "Severing the ties that bind.".
• catalog spatial "Canada".
• catalog spatial "Prairie Provinces".
• catalog spatial "Prairie Provinces.".
• catalog subject "971.2/00497 20".
• catalog subject "Cree Indians Government relations.".
• catalog subject "Cree Indians Rites and ceremonies.".
• catalog subject "E99.C88 P47 1994".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Canada Government relations.".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Prairie Provinces Rites and ceremonies.".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Prairie Provinces.".
• catalog title "Severing the ties that bind : government repression of indigenous religious ceremonies on the prairies / Katherine Pettipas.".
• catalog type "text".