Book
The Northern and central Nootkan tribes
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print Off. • Washington • Published In 1951 • Pages: ix, 480 , 5 plates
By: Drucker, Philip.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material for this study was compiled by the author in 1935-36 under a pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship granted by the Social Science Research Council. The problem under study was to determine from an examination of Nootka society the bases of social stratification as evidenced through their economic life, material culture, daily life history patterns, and especially through the religious and ceremonial observances of the people. In his presentation of the various facets of Nootkan life, the author is meticulous in recording in detail everything that might have a bearing on his primary thesis. This is to be especially noted in his sections on the religious and ceremonial life of the Nootka. When differences occur among the several subtribes constituting the Nootka as a whole, the author is careful to point out these differences. The ethnographic horizon for this study was from about 1850-1937.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Gift giving
- Food quest
- Puberty and initiation
- Techniques of socialization
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Revelation and divination
- Diet
- Tribe and nation
- Personality disorders
- Warfare
- Geography
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- 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 ; 1960: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935-37
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Philip Drucker
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-460)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 51060900
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nootka Indians
- Nuu-chah-nulth Indians