Book
Hidatsa social and ceremonial organization
U.S. Government Printing Office • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1965 • Pages: xii, 528
By: Bowers, Alfred W..
Abstract
This extensive reconstruction of nineteenth century Hidatsa social organization and ceremonial life—from before the final devastating smallpox epidemic until military pacification and confinement to a reservation—is based on interviews with informants born mid-century, supplemented by historical records. Featured themes include the organization of clans and villages, kinship, life cycle events, the economic activities and rituals of age- and gender-based societies, warfare, inter-tribal relations, and external trade, among others. There also is considerable information about the Mandan, with whom the Hidatsa had close ties. The text concludes with a summary of archaeological evidence for the prehistoric and protohistoric Hidatsa.
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2013
- Field Date
- 1932-1933
- Coverage Date
- 1836-1870
- Coverage Place
- central and western North Dakota, United States
- Notes
- Alfred W. Bowers
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-493)
- LCCN
- 6502849
- LCSH
- Hidatsa Indians