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Contemporary folk beliefs of a Slave Indian band

Journal of American folklore67 (264)Published In 1954 • Pages: 185-198

By: Helm, June.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Along with a generous amount of commentary and contextualization, this document presents a number of Slavey folktales and legends.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Verbal arts
Mythology
Community structure
Annual cycle
General character of religion
Hunting and trapping
Inter-ethnic relations
Acculturation and culture contact
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
article
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 ; 2015
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1951-1952
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1951-1952
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Fort Simpson area, Northwest Territories, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
By June Helm McNeish
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17028737
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Slavey Indians