Book
Social structure and social life of the Tlingit in Alaska
University of California Press • 26 • Published In 1967 • Pages: x, 123
By: Olson, Ronald L. (Ronald LeRoy).
Abstract
The author's objective in this ethnography was to do a '…study of the structure and functioning of the complex social life,…' (p. V-A). The range of topics covered is broad, including political organization, clan legends and property, social classes, potlatches, feuds and warfare, religion, and historical narratives of several of the clans. The book is primarily a 'memory' ethnography of the Tlingit, based on interviews with old people who could remember back to the period before 1880 or 1890, before intensive White contact. Consequently the book consists mainly of legends, tales, and the historical and semi-historical narratives of the elders as related to Olsen, who was an adopted member of the Ganaxtedi Clan of the Raven moiety.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; Martin Malone ; 1974
- Field Date
- 1933-1954
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1880-1900
- Coverage Place
- southeastern Alaska, United States
- Notes
- by R. L. Olsen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123)
- LCCN
- 68002894
- LCSH
- Tlingit Indians