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The life of a Chilkat Indian girl

Museum journal4Published In 1913 • Pages: 101-103

By: Shotridge, Florence.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, by a full-blooded Chilkat of the Hlukahade clan, is a synthetic sketch of the growing up of a Chilkat girl, based upon her own experiences. Shotridge concentrates on the puberty ceremonies, and the manners of a well bred young girl. A model of the central part of the Chilkat village at Klukwan, Alaska, is appended.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Life history materials
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.
Indigenous Person
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
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
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
ca. 1900
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Chilkat; Klukwan, Alaska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Florence Shotridge
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sn84046272
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tlingit Indians