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Historical aspects of Tlingit clans in Angoon, Alaska
American anthropologist • 49 (3) • Published In 1947 • Pages: 438-452
By: Garfield, Viola Edmundson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the Tlingit clans in Angoon, and some of their history. Included are a number of texts relating to clan mythology. Garfield was an anthropologist at the University of Washington when this article was published.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1945
- 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)
- Angoon, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Viola E. Garfield
- The kin based groups designated 'clans' by Garfield have been indexed for Clans (614).
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians