Book
The southwestern Chippewa: an ethnohistorical study
American Anthropological Association • (92) • Published In 1962 • Pages: vi, 110
By: Hickerson, Harold.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source attempts to interpret or reconstruct the preservation organization of the southwestern Chippewa living in the upper Great Lakes and Mississippi headwaters region during the period 1640 to the mid-19 century in order to demonstrate the author's assumption that the Chippewa of Wisconsin and Minnesota were organized collectively, and that the collective (as opposed to particularistic or 'atomistic') organization characterized them as far back as the beginning of the European contact period and before, into aboriginal times. As a point of reference, the author describes the basic pattern of subsistence in precontact days and then proceeds to describe and indicate how the following sociocultural changes have been induced in the society: a greater emphasis on hunting and the need for larger hunting territories; changes in marriage patterns; the surrender of territorial autonomy by the totemic kindred groups and their confederation under the designation 'Saulteur'; the founding of many peaceful settlements after the establishment of hunting and trading alliances with the neighboring Dakotas; the movement towards the interior of the area occupied, the increasing incidence of warfare with the Dakota over control of hunting territories, and the social consequences of this widespread and persistent warfare. Finally, the era of treaties with the United States government and the final settlement of the Chippewa on reservations during the mid-19 century are briefly noted.
- 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
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1640-mid-ninteenth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, United States; southern Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Harold Hickerson
- Footnotes will be found at the end of the source on pages 91-97
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-104) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 63000766
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians