Aboriginal victors of the desert crusade /

Concerned with the adaptive strategies of Aborigines at Jigalong a non-traditional community comprised of several linguistics groups, which allow them to maintain a degree of cultural integrity in the face of Westernization; Subjects covered; 1) General historical information; 2) Jigalong social, ec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tonkinson, Robert
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Menlo Park, Calif. : Cummings Pub. Co., 1974.
Series:	Kiste and Ogan social change series in anthropology.
Subjects:	Jigalong Mission. Aboriginal Australians > Jigalong Mission. Australian aborigines > Jigalong Mission. Australiens (Aborigènes) > Jigalong Mission. Mandjindja > Mantjintjarra > Manjiljarra language (A33) (WA SG52-13) Mandjindja > Mantjintjarra > Manjiljarra people (A33) (WA SG52-13) Kartujarra language (A51) (WA SF51-14) Kartujarra people (A51) (WA SF51-14) Warnman language (A62) (WA SF51-11) Warnman people (A62) (WA SF51-11) Jigalong (WA East Pilbara SF51-13) Religion > Totemism. Child welfare > Child > parent separation. Social identity > Aboriginality. Religions > Christianity > Missions. Socioeconomic conditions > Living conditions. Religion > Dreaming. Religion > Rites. Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians > Missions Aboriginal Australians > Social conditions Mythology, Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians > Social life and customs. Iwi taketake. Jigalong Mission Jigalong Region (WA) Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia - Jigalong Mission Aboriginal Australians - Religion Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians - Missions - Western Australia
Online Access:	http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS26352

Table of Contents:

Environmental and Historical Setting
The Jigalong Mob
The Religious Life
The Acceptance of Western Cultural Elements
Continuities and Rejection of Christianity
Conclusion: Strategies for Survival.