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History and identification of Blood bands
Plains Indian studies : a collection of essays in honor of John C. Ewers and Waldo R. Wedel • (30) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 94-104
By: Dempsey, Hugh Aylmer.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Dempsey identifies the various Blood bands and their chiefs, emphasizing the fluidity both of band identity and composition prior to reservation settlement. The closing remarks on reservation community dynamics add considerably to Dempsey's functionalist argument.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Community heads
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Blackfoot
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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
- Jan Simpson ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- southern Alberta - including Blood Reserve, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- Govt. Doc. No: SI 1.30:30
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 104)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81607137
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kainah Indians