Diamond Jenness (1886–1969)

Author of The Indians of Canada

About the Author

Diamond Jenness (1886-1969) was born in New Zealand. From 1913 to 1916 he served as ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition. He is remembered as a trailblazing anthropologist and a highly distinguished Arctic scholar.

Includes the names: D. Jenness, Diamond Jennes, Diamond Jenness, Diamond Jenness, 1886-1969. cn

Image credit: Colourized studio portrait of Diamond Jenness c. 1950 / Canadian Museum of History

Works by Diamond Jenness

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The Indians of Canada (1932) 97 copies, 1 review

The People of the Twilight (Phoenix Books) (1928) 57 copies

Arctic Odyssey: The Diary of Diamond Jenness, 1913-1916 (1991) 17 copies, 1 review

Dawn in Arctic Alaska (1984) 16 copies, 1 review

The Corn Goddess and Other Tales From Indian Canada (1960) 15 copies, 1 review

Katzie Ethnographic Notes, The Faith of a Coast Salish Indian (Anthropology in British Columbia, Memoirs Nos. 2 & 3, Provincial Museum (1979) — Contributor — 12 copies

The Sarcee Indians of Alberta (1938) 5 copies

The Ojibwa Indians of Parry Island, Their Social and Religious Life (2022) 5 copies

The Sekani Indians of British Columbia, (Canada. Dept of mines and resources. Bulletin) (1937) 4 copies

The Life of the Copper Eskimos (2015) 4 copies

The economics of Cyprus : a survey to 1914 (1962) 3 copies

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918 Volume XIII Eskimo Folk-lore 3 copies

The WSANEC and Their Neighbours: Diamond Jenness on the Coast Salish of Vancouver Island, 1935 (2016) 3 copies

THE CORN GODDESS. (1973) 3 copies

The Indians of Canada , Fifth Edition (National Museum of Canada. Bulletin 65. Anthropological series) 2 copies

Anthropological papers No. 25. The Carrier Indians of the Bulkley River: Their social and religious life, 2 copies

Indian Tribes of the Plains 1 copy

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18, 1924, Vol. 13 Eskimo Folk-lore. Part A: Myths and Traditions from Northern Alaska, the Mackenzie Delta and Coronation Gulf 1 copy

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 Volume XIII: Eskimo Folk Lore Part B: Eskimo String Figures; Southern Party 1913-16 (1922) 1 copy

The Indians of Canada. Fifth Edition 1 copy

Eskimo Folklore: Myths and Traditions from Northern Alaska, the McKenzie Delta and Coronation Gulf (2002) 1 copy, 1 review

The Corn Goddess, and Other Tales From Indian Canada 1 copy

Eskimo Administration II Canada 1 copy

Three Athapaskan Ethnographies : Diamond Jenness on the Sekani, Tsuu T'ina and Wet'suwet'en, 1921-1924 (2015) 1 copy

The Carrier Indians of the Bulkey River; their social and religious life (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Anthropological Papers No. 25, From the Bureau of… 1 copy

The American aborigines; their origin and antiquity. 1 copy

The people of twilight. 1 copy

The Indians of Canada 1 copy

The Indians of Canada, Second Edition (National Museum of Canada. Bulletin 65. Anthropological series) (1934) 1 copy

Eskimo Administration: II Canada 1 copy

The Indian Background of Canadian History, Department of Mines and Resources, National Museum of Canada, Bulletin No. 86, Anthropological Series No. 21 1 copy

Myths and traditions from northern Alaska, the Mackenzie Delta and Coronation Gulf 1 copy

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, Volume XIII, Part B: Eskimo String Figures 1 copy

Indians of Canada 6th ed. 1 copy

The American aborigines, their origin and antiquity 1 copy

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918 Volume XVI Material Culture of the Copper Eskimo 1 copy

The faith of a coast Salish Indian (1955) 1 copy

Canada's Indian problems. 1 copy

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 Volume XIV: Eskimo Songs Songs of the Copper Eskimos (Southern Party 1913-16) (1925) 1 copy

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Edward Sapir, appraisals of his life and work (1984) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1886-02-10
Date of death: 1969-11-29
Gender: male
Education: University of Oxford
Occupations: anthropologist
Organizations: National Museum of Canada
Awards and honors: Order of Canada
Massey Medal Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Relationships: Jenness, Eileen (wife)
Nationality: New Zealand (birth)
Canada
Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand
Places of residence: Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
Place of death: Chelsea, Québec, Canada
Associated Place (for map): Canada

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WilliamAllen 127 reviews

The Corn Goddess and other tales from Indian Canada, Bulletin No. 141, Anthropological Series No. 39. by Diamond Jenness

This thoughtfully edited collection of stories comes from the respected former Chief of the Division of Anrhropology at the then National Museum of Canada, now the Canadian Museum of Civilization. About half of the stories previously had not appeared in print prior to the initial 1955 publication. Most were gathered during Jeness's ethnological field work and represent the different regions of Canada..

Jan 1, 2010

Sweetums 100 reviews

The Indians of Canada. by Diamond Jenness