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Haida: Traditional culture

Handbook of North American Indians. Northwest7Published In 1990 • Pages: 240-260

By: Blackman, Margaret B..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This overview of Haida culture covers basic topics, including house building, subsistence, division of labor, art, social organization, ceremonies, life-cycle events, history, settlement patterns, and bibliographic sources.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Haida
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2017
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
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2016
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date given
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1774-1985
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada; Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Margaret B. Blackman
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Haida Indians