Book
The horse in Blackfoot Indian culture, with comparative material from other western tribes
U. S. Govt. Print. Off. • Washington • Published In 1955 • Pages: xv, 374
By: Ewers, John C. (John Canfield).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The influence of the horse on Plains Indian culture is the subject of this monograph. John Ewers, who was the curator of the Museum of the Plains Indian, did archival research and interviewed elderly informants to gather this data on the horse in pre-reservation Blackfoot culture. A great deal of information is presented including chapters on care, breeding, gear, the use of the horse in such activities as camp movements, hunting, war, trade, recreation, and religion. Comparative data from other Plains cultures is presented. Ewers concludes that '… the influence of the horse permeated and modified to a greater or lesser degree every major aspect of Plains Indian life' (p. 339).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Animal transport
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Warfare
- Instigation of war
- Applied animal science
- Comparative evidence
- Travel
- Representative art
- Congregations
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941-1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1750-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northwestern Montana, United States; southern Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Canfield Ewers
- Comparative material and information on the horse in Plains culture in general were indexed for Comparative Evidence (171)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55060591
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians