Bringing Home Animals

Adrian Tanner was born in the UK and came to Canada as a young farm worker. He went on to work on weather stations in the Arctic, where he gained some familiarity with Inuit hunters. He attended UBC and McGill University, before earning a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He has been with the Anthropology Department at Memorial University since 1972, where he is now Honorary Research Professor. His current research interests are on the Indigenous peoples of Quebec, Labrador, and Northern Ontario, on such topics as social suffering, community healing, forestry, land tenure, politics, and the documentation of local knowledge. He has also conducted research outside Canada, especially on the people of the Colo Navosa region of Vitilevu, Fiji.

"... breaks new ground." - Edward S. Rogers, American Ethnologist"A first-rate study...thought-provoking and provocative." - Charles A. Bishop Ethnohistory"[Tanner's] lively writing provides the reader with a very rewarding experience..." - Claude Lévi-Strauss L'Homme

• Figures, Maps, and Tables 8 Foreword 10 Introduction to the Second Edition 13 Acknowledgements for the Second Edition 38 Original Preface 40 A Note on the Orthography of Iinuu/Iiyuu Words 50 Chapter 1: Mistissini 53 Chapter 2: The Ecology of Hunting 83 Chapter 3: The Process of Production 107 Chapter 4: The Organization of Social Space 136 Chapter 5: The Ritualization of Space 153 Chapter 6: Rites of Hunting Divination 176 Chapter 7: Ritual Relations Between Hunters and Game Animals Killed 209 Chapter 8: Respect for the Animals Killed 231 Chapter 9: Mistissini Land Tenure 262 Chapter 10: Conclusion 288 Afterword: Can Anthropology Be Useful? 303 Appendix A: Photographs 321 Appendix B: Glossary of Iinuu Terms 345 Bibliography 349 Index 361