Book
Ethnography of the Kutenai
American Anthropological Association • (56) • Published In 1941 • Pages: 202
By: Turney-High, Harry Holbert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This major ethnography is based largely on interviews with eighteen Kutenai informants. The wide range of topics considered include: life cycle events, kinship, political organization, warfare, religion, arts, subsistence, housing, transportation, technology, and dress and ornaments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Traditional history
- Fowling
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing gear
- Domesticated animals
- Dwellings
- Diet
- Work in skins
- Cordage
- Mats and basketry
- Normal garb
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- Utensils
- Animal transport
- Boats
- Daily routine
- Athletic sports
- Music
- Personal names
- Sodalities
- Arranging a marriage
- Kinship terminology
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Public welfare
- Sex and marital offenses
- Warfare
- Revelation and divination
- Ordering of time
- Ethnometeorology
- Childbirth
- Transmission of cultural norms
- 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.
- 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
- 1939-1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1939-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lincoln county, Montana and Boundary county, Idaho, United States; southeastern British Columbia, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Harry Holbert Turney-High
- Supplement to American Anthropologist, v. 43, no. 2, pt. 2.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 41016930
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kootenai Indians