Book

Contributions to the ethnology of the Haida

Memoir of the American Museum of Natural History, New YorkVIII (1) • Published In 1905 • Pages: iii, 300

By: Swanton, John Reed.

Abstract
This account of the author's ten months among the Haida as part of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition is, altogether, a thorough account of the culture at the time. The main subjects discussed are history, religion, social organization, and language. Medicine, life cycle events, war, hunting and fishing, games, feasts, art, and settlements receive relatively brief coverage. A substantial part of the book is dedicated to transcriptions of stories and myths.
Subjects
Visual arts
Lineages
Shamans and psychotherapists
Medical therapy
Life and death
Cosmology
Mythology
Eschatology
Spirits and gods
Revelation and divination
Magic
Ethnometeorology
Ethnogeography
Ethnozoology
Ethnopsychology
Puberty and initiation
culture
Haida
HRAF PubDate
2017
Region
North America
Sub Region
Northwest Coast and California
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2016
Field Date
1900-1901
Coverage Date
1900-1901
Coverage Place
Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Notes
By John R. Swanton
Cover title: The Haida of Queen Charlotte's Islands ; Reprint from vol. V, part 1 of the Jessup North Pacific Expedition
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
14012394
LCSH
Haida Indians