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The Kutenai female berdache: Courier, guide, prophetess, and warrior
Ethnohistory • 12 (3) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 193-236
By: Schaeffer, Claude E..
Abstract
This article focuses on the Kutenai "man-woman" commonly called a berdache. From the accounts of several travelers and traders the author reconstructs the life history of a transvestite who gained special notoriety during her lifetime as a courier, guide, prophetess and warrior.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2018
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2017
- Field Date
- 1935-1965
- Coverage Date
- 1808-1837
- Coverage Place
- Oregon, Washington, Idaho and northwestern Montana, United States; southeastern British Columbia, Canada
- Notes
- Claude E. Schaeffer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-236)
- LCCN
- 57043343
- LCSH
- Kootenai Indians