Book
Social condition, beliefs, and linguistic relationship of the Tlingit Indians
Smithsonian Institution • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1905 • Pages:
By: Swanton, John Reed.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Swanton's article consists of a survey of Tlingit culture, with particular emphasis on social organization and religious belief. The list of geographical groups and clans is especially thorough. In several places, Tlingit culture is compared with that of the Haida. A point by point comparison is given in the last pages of the phonemes and lexicons of the respective languages.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tlingit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1904
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by John R. Swanton
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08025731
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians