Book
The Indians of Cape Flattery: at the entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory
Smithsonian Institution • (220) • Published In 1870 • Pages: ix, 108
By: Swan, James G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Swan was a government teacher and medical practitioner among the Makah Indians for several years. This monograph is the record of his personal observations. It contains descriptions of food, clothing, ornaments, dwellings, handicrafts, hunting and fishing, social and religious practices, treatment of the sick, mythology and folklore, and physical traits. It also includes a list of Makah words and place names. Swan is precise in his accounts of material objects and economic activities; less informative on social organization and personal relationships.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Marine hunting
- Diet
- Food preparation
- Eating
- Instigation of war
- Pharmaceuticals
- Medical therapy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Organized ceremonial
- Childhood activities
- Mythology
- Boats
- Normal garb
- 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.
- Educator
- 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
- Robert Lee ; 1960: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1855-1864
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1855-1864
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, Washington State, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By James G. Swan
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- s 13000076
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nootka Indians
- Makah Indians
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)
- Nuu-chah-nulth Indians