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Bear ceremonialism of the Kutenai Indians
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board • (4) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 54
By: Schaeffer, Claude E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the role bears play in Kutenai subsistence, religion, and ceremonialism. Topics include bear lore, bear hunts, and elaborate rites concerning bears that include special burials, shrines, magic, ceremonies, and feasting; all to appease the bear spirits. The final part of the document compares Kutenai bear ceremonies with those of other cultures in the region.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Hunting and trapping
- Mythology
- Revelation and divination
- Ritual
- Ethnozoology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kutenai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- 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
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1832-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Plains and Plateau, United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Claude E. Schaeffer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-54)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67061838
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kootenai Indians
- Bears--Folklore
- Kootenai Indians--Rites and ceremonies