Book
Ethnography and acculturation of the Fort Nelson Slave
Pub. For the Dept. of anthropology, Yale University, Yale University Press ; H. Milford, Oxford University Press • (33) • Published In 1946 • Pages: 169
By: Honigmann, John Joseph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book focuses on the configuration of different elements of traditional Slavey culture, and changes that occurred following contact with Euromericans. Specific themes covered include: economic activities and related material technologies, shelter, weapons and tools, tanning, cloth making, family life, social organization, and religion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Hunting and trapping
- Travel
- Water transport
- Boats
- Annual cycle
- Normal garb
- Paraphernalia
- Work in skins
- Fishing
- Transportation
- Highways and bridges
- Animal transport
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Missions
- External trade
- Animal by-products
- Diet
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Community structure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Slavey
- 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1943
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1943
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fort Nelson area, British Columbia, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] John J. Honigmann
- Includrs bibliographical references (p. 166-169)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 46005529
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavey Indians