Book
The social life of the Blackfoot Indians
The Trustees • 7 (1) • Published In 1911 • Pages: 1 l, 1-64
By: Wissler, Clark.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph, written as an integral part of an ethnographic survey in the Missouri-Saskatchewan area, presents a detailed description of the societal divisions and social relationships of the Blackfoot Indians, prior to and subsequent to reservation settlement. A majority of the data refer to the Piegan branch, with some comparative material from the Blood and North Blackfoot subdivisions. Extensive comparisons are made with other societies in the survey area, including Plains, Plateau and Shoshone area Indians. Emphasis is placed on the band as the unit of socio-political organization, and its relation to the defined tribal units, marriage, residence, property rights, child-rearing and the socialization process, and social interaction.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Recreation
- Gambling
- Ordering of time
- Reproduction
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Blackfoot
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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
- 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
- Sarah T. Bridges ; John Beierle ; 1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1906
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1905
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Montana, United States; southern Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clark Wissler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11018970
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians