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Kinship terms of the Kutenai Indians

American anthropologist, n.s.21Published In 1919 • Pages: 98-101

By: Boas, Franz.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides a commentary on Sapir's (1918) article on Kutenai kinship terms. The author notes one omission, a term for "sibling or cousin of opposite sex" and how they are addressed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Grammar
Kinship terminology
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
article
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
1914
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1891-1916
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southeastern British Columbia, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Franz Boas
Reprinted by permission of the original publishers Kraus Reprint Corporation, New York, 1962
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
17015424
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kootenai Indians