essay
Bella Coola
Handbook of North American Indians. Northeast • 7 • Published In 1990 • Pages: 323-339
By: Kennedy, Dorothy I. D., Bouchard, Randy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article consists of a concise summary of Nuxalk (Bella Coola) ethnography derived in large part from the major study of these people by McIlwraith (1922 and 1924), the fieldnotes of the archaeologist Harlan I,. Smith (1920-1924), and the ethnographic fieldnotes by Kennedy and Bouchard (1971-1977).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Fowling
- Diet
- Normal garb
- Dwellings
- Gift giving
- Accumulation of wealth
- Sodalities
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1793-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bella Coola River Region, British Columbia, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dorothy I. D. Kennedy and Randall T. Bouchard
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bella Coola Indians