Book
The Kaska Indians: an ethnographic reconstruction
Yale University Press • (51) • Published In 1954 • Pages: 162
By: Honigmann, John Joseph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material in this excellent source was collected by Honigmann mainly during his first visit to the Kaska, partly as a means to win the confidence of these people in preparation for a study of their personality and ethos (1949). Relying heavily on five informants, he gives a picture of the pre-contact culture of these people as remembered by them, supplemented by the study of pertinent historical materials. The study is divided into five main sections: Making a Living; Camp and Camp Life; Social Organization; Belief and Thought; and Life Cycle. Appendices position the Kaska within the Northern Athapaskan Culture Area, and tabulate aboriginal Kaska culture traits as known for four subgroups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Travel
- Woodworking
- Diet
- Knots and lashings
- Infant care
- Water transport
- Shipbuilding
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Boats
- Water transport
- Community structure
- Informal in-group justice
- Music
- Extended families
- Household
- General sex restrictions
- Friendships
- Kin relationships
- Social control
- Liability
- Mythology
- Magic
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kaska
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1957; Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1943-1945
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1945
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern British Columbia, southeastern Yukon Territory, and southwestern Northwest Territories, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- John J. Honigmann
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-163)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 55008638
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kaska Indians