Book

Ojibwa sociology

Columbia University Press29Published In 1937 • Pages: 144 , plates

By: Landes, Ruth.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book contains information on the political, kinship, and gens structure of the Ojibwa living on the Manitou Reserve at Emo in southwestern Ontario, and the regulations and customs connected with marriage and property. the author states her conclusions regarding the structure and regulations of each, and seeks to confirm them by presenting lengthy discussions of individual cases and life histories of Ojibwa individuals.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Inheritance
Regulation of marriage
Special unions and marriages
Arranging a marriage
Kinship terminology
Kin relationships
Clans
Community structure
Shamans and psychotherapists
Revelation and divination
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ojibwa
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Arctic and Subarctic
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.
Sociologist
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
Alice McCloskey ; 1954
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1932-1935
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1932, 1933, 1935
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Central Ojibwa: Manitou Reserve, Emo, southwestern Ontario, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Ruth Landes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 144)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
38014549
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ojibwa Indians