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Self-torture in the Blood Indian Sun Dance
Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences • 38 • Published In 1948 • Pages: 166-173
By: Ewers, John C. (John Canfield).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains two first hand accounts of Blackfoot warrior self-torture. There is discussion of the combat circumstances which (generally) appear to have given rise to the warriors' vow to undergo this ordeal at a future public ceremony. Some attention is also given to the incidence of this practice among Blackfoot and non-Blackfoot, and to its presumed temporal limitations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Asceticism
- Organized ceremonial
- 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 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
- Jan Simpson ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941-1944
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1889
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Blood Reserve in southern Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- John C. Ewers
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 12002649
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kainah Indians