Aboriginal Geographical Names Of Canada

Author : Albertina Pianarosa,Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names,Geomatics Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UIUC:30112044317078

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Aboriginal Geographical Names of Canada by Albertina Pianarosa,Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names,Geomatics Canada Pdf

Native geographical names have a very special place in the toponymy of Canada. This specialized toponymic bibliography is the first of its kind in Canada to be developed from a data base covering the whole country. Of particular assistance to users are the annotations which accompany nearly all the 1240 entries. In addition to over 1000 records on Native Canadian toponymy, have also been included, for comparison purposes, some records on Native toponymy in other countries.

Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802082939

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Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn Pdf

Discover how some of Canada's most unusual place names came to be. Seventy-six essays, including fifteen new to this edition, updated to include changes, corrections, and new names to the year 2000.

Author : Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
Publisher : Geomatics Canada = Géomatique Canada
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Indian names
ISBN : 0660591340

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Native Canadian Geographical Names by Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names Pdf

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Author : George Henry Armstrong
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547187486

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The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada by George Henry Armstrong Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada" by George Henry Armstrong. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Luise Hercus,Laura Kostanski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1925021629

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Indigenous and Minority Placenames by Luise Hercus,Laura Kostanski Pdf

This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as papers at a Trends in Toponymy conference hosted by the University of Ballarat in 2007 that featured Australian and international speakers. The chapters in this volume provide insight into the quality of toponymic research that is being undertaken in Australia and in countries such as Canada, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Norway. The research presented here draws on the disciplines of linguistics, geography, history, and anthropology. The book includes meticulous studies of placenames in central NSW and the Upper Hunter region; Gundungurra cave names; western Arnhem Land; Northern Cape York Peninsula and Mount Wheeler in Queensland; saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait; and the Kaurna in South Australia.

Author : Nancy J. Turner
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295997865

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The Earth's Blanket by Nancy J. Turner Pdf

This is a thought-provoking look at Native American stories, cultural institutions, and ways of knowing, and what they can teach us about living sustainably.

Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019291504

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Place Names of Ontario by Alan Rayburn Pdf

Place Names Can Provide Valuable Insight Into a variety of fascinating aspects of geography, history, languages, cultures, and customs of a particular region. Ontario, with its extensive overlay of place names with connections to the British Isles, differs markedly in place-name characteristics from Canada's other regions, especially those which have been historically imprinted with the French language and culture. In this, the first wide-ranging review of Ontario's physical and cultural place names, Alan Rayburn has selected 2,285 from the province's 57,000 official toponyms including all 815 municipalities, as well as unincorporated places with populations exceeding 75, and a large selection of the more prominent lakes, rivers, islands, points, hills, mountains, and highways. Rayburn sets the record straight on the origin of many names including that of Toronto, which does not mean 'place of meeting, ' but reflects the transfer of the Mohawk description of fish weirs in The Narrows between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. He points out that Kitchener would still be Berlin but for the First World War, and Fort William and Port Arthur might have become Lakehead in 1970 if the ballot had not been rigged in favour of Thunder Bay. Rayburn also deals with an impressive array of names of Aboriginal origin including Niagara, Muskoka, Penetanguishene, Temagami, Nipigon, Oshawa, and Wawa. He explains that Batawa does not fall into this category: it would be a case of 'putting the shoe on the wrong foot' as Rayburn expresses it. Diplomatically he reveals the correct origin of Bastard Township. An informative and entertaining overview of the mosaic of Ontario's toponymy, Place Names ofOntario will rank among the finest of North American place name studies and will appeal to academic and general readers alike.

Author : Canada. Surveys, Mapping and Remote Sensing Sector,Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
Publisher : Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, Surveys, Mapping and Remote Sensing Sector
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Field names
ISBN : 066219196X

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Guide to the Field Collection of Native Geographical Names by Canada. Surveys, Mapping and Remote Sensing Sector,Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names Pdf

Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015052540013

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Dictionary of Canadian Place Names by Alan Rayburn Pdf

Place names reflect a very significant part of a nation's cultural and linguistic heritage. They are ever-present on road signs and maps, in correspondence and periodicals, and in all kinds of official and unofficial records and documents. Over 6200 names from Canada's rich toponymic tapestry are included in this unique dictionary - not only cities, towns and villages, but lakes, rivers, national parks, well-known mountains and many capes, as well as the actual origin of the place name. Words taken from Cree, Inuit, French, Gaelic, Spanish, Portuguese Mi'kmaq, Basque, German and other languages, as well as the many names echoing the towns and regions that fond immigrants had left behind, reflect Canada's diverse multicultural heritage. Many places were named after people who played a role in local history, or more celebrated heroes of foreign affairs. In these cases, brief biographical details identify such eponymous individuals as the poet Robert Service, or Mary March, the English name given to Demasduit, Beothuk wife of Chief Nonosbawsut, whose capture by local settlers led to her death in 1820 - one of the last of her now extinct race. A surprising number of places were named after battles and military leaders, many after peculiar features of the landscape, and others for animals, ships, fruit, and native religious beliefs. Anyone who has felt curious about the choice of names like South Porcupine, Dildo, Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump, Magnetic Hill, or Saint-Lous-du-Ha! Ha!, will find much of interest in this book.

Author : Merrily Aubrey
Publisher : Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066860365

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Concise Place Names of Alberta by Merrily Aubrey Pdf

Toponymy, the study of place names, can provide a wealth of interesting information about a particular region. This new abridged volume of Alberta place names includes entries for a select number (about a quarter) of officially named cultural and geographical features in the province. The entries are arranged alphabetically for easy reference and include all incorporated bodies such as cities, towns, villages, summer villages, and rural municipalities; mountains over 3,000 metres; and rivers and major lakes. Information on the background of geographical naming in Canada and Alberta is also included. Illustrated with black and white photographs, Concise Place Names of Alberta is an excellent reference for those who wish to learn about the history and geography of Alberta through its place names.

Author : Gwilym Lucas Eades
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317504580

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The Geography of Names by Gwilym Lucas Eades Pdf

This book examines geographical names, place-names, and toponymy from philosophical and cultural evolutionary perspectives. Geographical name-tracking-networks (Geo-NTNs) are posited as tools for tracking names through time and across space, and for making sense of how names evolve both temporally and spatially. Examples from North and South American indigenous groups, the Canadian arctic, Wales, England, and the Middle East are brought into a theoretical framework for making sense of aspects of place-naming practices, beliefs, and systems. New geographical tools such as geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) are demonstrated to be important in the production and maintenance of robust networks for keeping names and their associated meanings viable in a rapidly changing world where place-naming is being taken up increasingly in social media and other new mapping platforms. The Geography of Names makes the case that geographical names are transmitted memetically (i.e. as cultural units, or memes) through what Saul Kripke called communication chains. Combining insights from Kripke with views of later Wittgenstein on language and names as being inherently spatial, the present work advances theories of both these thinkers into an explicitly geographical inquiry that advances philosophical and practical aspects of naming, language, and mapping.

Author : Chelsea Vowel
Publisher : Portage & Main Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781553796893

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Indigenous Writes by Chelsea Vowel Pdf

Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill C-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Tsilhqot’in. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace… Are you familiar with the terms listed above? In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, legal scholar, teacher, and intellectual, opens an important dialogue about these (and more) concepts and the wider social beliefs associated with the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada. In 31 essays, Chelsea explores the Indigenous experience from the time of contact to the present, through five categories—Terminology of Relationships; Culture and Identity; Myth-Busting; State Violence; and Land, Learning, Law, and Treaties. She answers the questions that many people have on these topics to spark further conversations at home, in the classroom, and in the larger community. Indigenous Writes is one title in The Debwe Series.

Author : Valerie Alia
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1845454138

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Names and Nunavut by Valerie Alia Pdf

"...a thought-provoking book. Alia lays out the intricacies of Inuit naming so clearly, describes the Arctic environment so vividly, and conveys such a rich sense of Inuit values, concerns, and humour that readers are likely to hunger for more information and to pose ethnographic and on mastic questions that press forward the horizons of Inuit ethnography. Names and Nunavut is a welcome addition to Arctic ethnography and should be of interest not only to linguists and anthropologists working in the Arctic but to anyone interested in the relationship between onomasty, personhood, and cosmology and to anyone looking for fresh insights to the micropractices of linguistic and onomastic colonialism." - NAMES A Journal of Onomastics "Embedded within this nuanced and extraordinarily well-researched account of the political onomastics (the politics of naming) involved with Inuit (colonial) history are an abundance of theoretical, ethical and political insights into both the complex nature of the Inuit and their evolving engagement with Qallunaat (non-Inuit, Euro-Canadian), as well as the complex nature of engaging in such research. This publication, refreshing in its focus on extensive local community research, delves into the complicated dynamic between colonial administration and its effects on the culture and identity of the Inuits. - British Journal of Canadian Studies On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. The premise of this study is that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Governments legislate and regulate naming; people fight to take, keep, or change their names. A name change can indicate subjugation or liberation, depending on the circumstances. But it always signifies a change in power relations. Since the late 1970s, the author has looked at naming and renaming, cross-culturally and internationally, with particular attention to the effects of colonisation and liberation. The experience of Inuit in Canada is an example of both. Colonisation is only part of the Nunavut experience. Contrary to the dire predictions of cultural genocide theorists, Inuit culture - particularly traditional naming - has remained extremely strong, and is in the midst of a renaissance. Here is a ground-breaking study by the founder of the discipline of political onomastics.

Author : Manitoba. Manitoba Conservation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111177866

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Geographical Names of Manitoba by Manitoba. Manitoba Conservation Pdf

This volume contains approximately twelve thousand entries with information on the history & origin of Manitoba geographical names, for both populated areas and natural features. Entries include a National Topographic System map reference to indicate the approximate location.

Author : William Baillie Hamilton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0802075703

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Place Names of Atlantic Canada by William Baillie Hamilton Pdf

"Atlantic Canada" covers the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.