book chapter
The Blackfoot Indians
Native peoples : the Canadian experience • Toronto, Ont. • Published In 1986 • Pages: 404-435
By: Dempsey, Hugh Aylmer.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a summary sketch of Blackfoot ethnography dating from pre-contact days (ca. 1600s) to the 1970s. The work provides information on the environment and economy, social and political organization, religion, the Sun Dance ceremonial, myths and legends, warfare, family life, culture history, the fur trade, treaties and reservations, and recent trends in cultural development. This study provides the reader with an excellent overview of Blackfoot society without getting too specific on details.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- External trade
- Personal names
- Community structure
- Public welfare
- Warfare
- Sacred objects and places
- Organized ceremonial
- 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 chapter
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- 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
- 1600s-1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Alberta-Saskatchewan region, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-435)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86187110
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians