Negotiated Identities: The Evolution of Dene Tha and Kaska Personal Naming Systems  

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Moore, Patrick

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 49 no. 3/4 (Mar. 2007), page 283-307.
Fulltext: Vol. 49, No. 3-4, pp. 283-307.pdf (4.74MB)

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Dene Tha and Kaska personal names reveal the rich cultural histories of these Canadian Athabaskan groups, while providing insights into their evolving language ideologies. Although Dene Thas and Kaskas speak closely related languages and share many cultural practices, subtle contrasts between their indigenous naming practices point to long-standing regional differences. Beginning in the nineteenth century, Euro-Canadian traders, missionaries, prospectors, and government agents compounded the diversity of local naming practices in each respective region by imposing their own naming systems in different ways. In recent decades, the policies of residential mission schools, language shift to English, and cultural revitalization associated with land claims have also influenced Kaska and Dene Tha naming practices. Among both groups, names are key symbols used to negotiate individual identities, and reveal how local indigenous language ideologies have evolved in response to wider social forces.

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