Book

Kinship system of the Seminole

Field Museum of Natural History33 (2) • Published In 1942 • Pages: 31-113

By: Spoehr, Alexander.

Abstract
This paper, based on five months of field work during the autumn of 1938 and the summer of 1939, is an attempt to reconstruct Oklahoma Seminole kinship as it existed during the days of the Seminole Nation before the allotment of Indian lands (1903), and to show to what extent changes have taken place under new social and environmental conditions (including Indian-White contacts). Chapter II of this work, which makes up the major portion of this source, presents historical background information on the character of the white contact agents which affected the Oklahoma Seminole, in addition to detailed data on the kinship system itself (e. g., terminology, behavior,and relations to social customs). Chapter III compares the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole in terms of social change, particularly in reference to the kinship system, while Chapter IV describes the contemporary Oklahoma Seminole.
Subjects
Kinship terminology
Kin relationships
Avuncular and nepotic relatives
Clans
Phratries
Moieties
Sociocultural trends
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
culture
Seminole
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
North America
Sub Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1989
Field Date
1938-1939
Coverage Date
nineteenth century -1903
Coverage Place
Oklahoma, United States
Notes
by Alexander Spoehr
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112)
LCCN
42018453
LCSH
Seminole Indians