book chapter
Second general report on the Indians of British Columbia: II. the Nootka
Report of the sixtieth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held at Leeds in September 1890 • London • Published In 1891 • Pages: 582-604
By: Boas, Franz.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief, general account of the culture of the Nootka stressing social organization, the potlatch, and ceremonial. Data are also given on games, music, art, religion and shamanism. Boas, a well known anthropologist, does not go into any great detail on any of these subjects, since this was essentially a progress report on his recent fieldwork in the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Puberty and initiation
- Tribe and nation
- Clans
- Gift giving
- Community heads
- Music
- Reproduction
- Nuptials
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- 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 chapter
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1960: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1889
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1889
- 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
- Franz Boas
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nootka Indians
- Nuu-chah-nulth Indians