Book

Culture and ethos of Kaska society

Yale University Press • (40) • Published In 1949 • Pages: 366 , 12 plates

By: Honigmann, John Joseph, Bennett, Wendell Clark.

Abstract

This is the primary source on the contemporary culture of the Kaska Indians, an Athapaskan-speaking group living in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territory. The monograph is divided into two main sections, cultural material being treated extensively in the first, and ethos and ethos development in the second. There is also an appendix containing life history materials, together with Rorshach records. In another appendix, all the definitions of the 'ethos' concept in use up to the date of writing (1946) are placed in a table. The author used the Outline of Cultural Materials in the field as an adjunct to his work. Although Honigmann first visited the Kaska area in 1943, he did not begin actual field work until 1944. The author, a graduate of Yale University, was Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina.

HRAF PubDate

2012

Region

North America

Sub Region

Arctic and Subarctic

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1957; Teferi Abate Adem; 2011

Field Date

1943-1945

Coverage Date

1940-1945

Coverage Place

northern British Columbia, southeastern Yukon Territory, and southwestern Northwest Territories, Canada

Notes

Wendell C. Bennett, editor

Since the contemporary culture is, in effect, the result of acculturation, category 177 (acculturation) was marked lightly. Students interested in particular aspects of acculturation should refer to the appropriate categories.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-365)

LCCN

49009094

LCSH

Kaska Indians

Indians of North America