Book
Societies and dance associations of the Blackfoot Indians
The Trustees • XI (IV) • Published In 1913 • Pages: 1, 359-460, 978-992
By: Wissler, Clark.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph written by Wissler on the basis of his own field notes and information supplied by D.C. Duvall and James Eagle-child, is a descriptive study of the age-graded men's societies, women's societies, religious cults, and dance associations of the three Blackfoot subdivisions. The three ceremonies, paraphernalia, dances and songs, and special behavior of the members of these societies are minutely described, as are the procedures for transferral of membership from one society to another. However, little information is included on the function and integration of these groups in Blackfoot society as a whole.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Age stratification
- Sodalities
- Organized ceremonial
- Dance
- Representative art
- 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
- David Sherwood ; Marlene Martin ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1903-1912
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Montana, United States; Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Clark Wissler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 978-992)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 15003014
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians