book chapter
The cultural foundation of political revitalization among the Tlingit
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Tollefson, Kenneth Dean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a history of the Tlingit and a study of political participation among contemporary Tlingit Indians. The discussion of Tlingit history covers migrations, settlement pattern, demography, and economic, social, political, and religious organization. Tollefson also discusses Tlingit-Russian and Tlingit-American contact and its impact on Tlingit economic, social and political organization. In this discussion special attention is given to an examination of the Alaskan Native Brotherhood, a revitalization and self-help movement organized in 1912. The user should note that the chapters designated as concerning aboriginal Tlingit (pp. 18-235) are based on recorded history and historical reconstruction and contain much information on Tlingit economy, society and culture after 1890. The second part of this study aims to examine the relationship between the intensity of contact with non-Tlingit influences and Tlingit political participation and emphasis on ethnic identity. In order to examine this relationship Tollefson compares two small study groups of Tlingit Indians, one in Angoon, Alaska, and the other in Seattle, Washington.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Gift giving
- Social relationships and groups
- Household
- Clans
- Community structure
- Elections
- 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 chapter
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974
- 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, southeastern Alaska; Seattle, Washington, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Kenneth D. Tollefson
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Washington, 1976
- UM 76-25,464
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-412)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians