Book
The Bella Coola Indians: volume two
University of Toronto Press • Toronto • Published In 1948 • Pages:
By: McIlwraith, T. F. (Thomas Forsyth).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, volume 2 of two volumes, is a continuation of the previous work (1: McIlwraith), and deals in great part with the role of the Bella Coola [n]Kusiut [/n] society -- its membership (including initiation and disciplining of members), its social role, its origin myths, and its elaborate winter ceremonials. Additional chapters provide information on warfare, games, stories, and the Bella Coola people themselves -- their physical appearance, modal personality, and adaptability to culture change. Four appendices conclude the work, the first of which (A) presents what little data are given in the entire study on material culture, dealing with the taking and processing of [n]olachen[/n], Bella Coola canoes, preparation of cedar bark, and the manufacture of paint; the second (B) with the construction of string figures; the third (C)presents a useful list of native flora and fauna along with their scientific binomials; and finally the fourth (D) gives a lengthy Bella Coola-English vocabulary list. An index covering the contents of both volumes 1 and 2 will be found at the end of this monograph.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sodalities
- Accumulation of wealth
- Organized ceremonial
- Incorporeal property
- Mythology
- Revelation and divination
- Music
- Literary texts
- Athletic sports
- Games
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuxalk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1964-1965: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1922-1924
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1840s-1924
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nuxalk (Bella Coola) Reserve, Bella Coola Vallley, British Columbia, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by T. F. McIlwraith
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bella Coola Indians