essay
Kaska
Handbook of North American Indians. Subarctic • 6 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 442-450
By: Honigmann, John Joseph, Helm, June.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Originally published in the Handbook of North American Indians, this article provides general summary on Kaska culture and society. Much of the information pertains to the Upper Liard Kaska living snorthwest of Lower Post and, in less detail, the Dease Ruver Kaska who were adjacent to the Tahltan Indians.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Annual cycle
- Settlement patterns
- Linguistic identification
- Community structure
- Settlement patterns
- Hunting and trapping
- Collecting
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1944-1945
- 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
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kaska Indians