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An Assiniboine horse-raiding expedition
American anthropologist • 41 (4) • Published In 1937 • Pages: 611-616
By: Rodnick, David.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an insightful account of an Assiniboine horse-raiding expedition. It is a less than romantic view of what can go wrong and the dependency of raiders on supernatural. The informant recounts how a party is formed based on the dreams of an esteemed warrior about a successful raid. Once underway however a second dream reveals a possible casualty compelling some warriors to abandon the raid. Those remaining forge ahead and after much hard traveling and praying they reach their destination, but fail to achieve the success originally envisioned.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recruitment and training
- Discipline and morale
- Warfare
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1869
- 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
- By David Rodnick
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Assiniboine Indians