essay
Blackfoot persons
Women and power in native North America • Norman • Published In 1995 • Pages: 113-125, 251-282
By: Kehoe, Alice Beck.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article investigates the differing economic and religious roles of men and women in Blackfoot society. Given particular emphasis in this work is the woman's role of NINAUPOSKITZIPXPE (manly-hearted woman) as a representative of wealth and power in the society, the role of women as presented through myth, and the comparative roles of men and women.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Sodalities
- Mythology
- Sacred objects and places
- Gender roles and issues
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 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
- 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-1800s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northwestern Plains; Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada; Montana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alice B. Kehoe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95005903
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Siksika Indians