Book

The changing culture of an Indian tribe

Columbia University Press • New York • Published In 1932 • Pages:

By: Mead, Margaret.

Abstract

This source is a community-type study of the Omaha Indian Reservation. The author has given the pseudonym 'Antler Tribe' to the Omaha in order to preserve anonymity. The book is the result of five months' field work on the reservation. Material on aboriginal culture has been taken from the standard sources to furnish base-lines for the examination of changes in economy, government, family, religion, child training, and sex patterns. Throughout the book the author gives emphasis to changes in the position of women in Omaha society. Household organization and female delinquincy are dealt with tabularly. Life-history material is used illustratively in the text.

HRAF PubDate

2010

Region

North America

Sub Region

Plains and Plateau

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

W. W. Stein ; 1955

Field Date

1930

Coverage Date

1890-1931

Coverage Place

Omaha Indians in USA

Notes

Margaret Mead ; foreword by Clark Wissler

Since the book contains considerable material on acculturation, category 177 in the file has been organized decimally to correspond with the OCM categories. The author's introduction and theoretical orientation, pp. 3-15, appear in category 116 only.

LCSH

Omaha Indians

Indians of North America--Great Plains--Social conditions

Acculturation--Great Plains

Indian women--Great Plains