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Political and ceremonial organization of the Plains-Ojibway

Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History11 (6)Published In 1914 • Pages: 475-511

By: Skinner, Alanson Buck.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a brief sketch of Plains-Ojibwa, or Bungi, social and ceremonial organization. Material on warfare and the buffalo hunt is also included. The author visited the Plains-Ojibwa in the summer of 1913. Complete bibliographical citation is made at the end of the volume of which this source is a part. Therefore, where necessary, bibliographical information is given in analyst's notes.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Hunting and trapping
Dwellings
Status, role, and prestige
Sodalities
Clans
Community structure
Police
Military organization
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ojibwa
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
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
essay
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
W. W. Stein
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1913
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1913 (summer)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Long Plains Reserve, Maintoba, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
By Alanson Skinner
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
15003023
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ojibwa Indians