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Pacific Eskimo: historical ethnography
Handbook of North American Indians. Arctic • 5 • Published In 1984 • Pages: 185-197
By: Clark, Donald Woodforde.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a culture summary of the Pacific Eskimo, primarily the Koniag and Chugach people, from early European (primarily Russian) contact days (ca. 1760) to approximately 1982. Topics include information on language, territory and environment, raiding practices, history, subsistence (e.g., marine hunting and fishing), seasonal activities, dwellings, social and political organization, life cycle events, shamanism and religion, and clothing
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Annual cycle
- Marine hunting
- Fishing
- Normal garb
- Dwellings
- Boats
- Marriage
- Community heads
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Alutiiq
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1760-ca.1982
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Koniag and Chugach Eskimo, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Donald W. Clark
- For bibliographical references see document 33:Damas
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koniagmiut Eskimos/Chugach Eskimos