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Social dances of the Blood Indians of Alberta, Canada

Journal of American folk-lore69Published In 1956 • Pages: 47-52

By: Dempsey, Hugh Aylmer.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is concerned with social dancing and singing ceremonies ca. 1950 among the Blackfoot. They were considered as expressions of rivalries between age-group societies, and as exemplifying 'the new and the old in the gradual assimilation of the Plains Indian into modern society'.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Dance
Sodalities
Music
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
article
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
M. A. Marcus ; David Sherwood ; 1983
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1952
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)
Blood Reserve, Alberta, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
by Hugh A. Dempsey
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17028737
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kainah Indians