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The Assiniboines: From the accounts of the Old Ones told to First Boy (James Larpenteur Long)
University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1961 • Pages: lxxvi, 209
By: Long, James Larpenteur, Writer's Program. Montana, Kennedy, Michael S., Standing, William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
James Long (b. 1888) was brought up by his Assiniboine grandmother and half-Assiniboine mother and has written an account of the traditional way of life of his people based on the stories of 25 informants who in 1939 ranged in age from 66 to105 years old. Long summarizes various aspects of Assiniboine culture and includes the informants own personal accounts and stories. The major subjects covered are legends, hunting, warfare, dances, and religion. Stephen Kennedy has written an introduction on the history of the Assiniboine and the Assiniboine artist William Standing (see document no. 11) drew the illustrations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hunting and trapping
- Dance
- Verbal arts
- Sodalities
- Warfare
- Organized ceremonial
- Ethnozoology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Assiniboine
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- collection
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Montana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Stephen Kennedy ; drawings by William Standing
- Preface / Michael Stephen Kennedy -- Introduction / Michael Stephen Kennedy -- The principal researcher / James L. Long -- The illustrator / William Standing -- The ones who told the tales -- I. Tribal legends -- II. Tribal life -- III. Lodges, food, and games -- IV. Hunting -- V. Ceremonies and societies -- VI. Medicine men and spirits -- VII. Coming of White men -- Appendix A: Assiniboine bands -- Appendix B: Pronunciation guide -- Bibliography -- Index
- Originally published as: Land of Nakoda: the story of the Assiniboine Indians. Helena, Montana: State Publishing Co., 1942
- Federal Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in Montana
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61006502
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Assiniboine Indians