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Farmers, warriors, traders: a fresh look at Ojibway women
Minnesota history • 48 (6) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 236-244
By: Buffalohead, Priscilla K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a critical evaluation of women's status and roles in Ojibwa society as depicted in primary and secondary historical sources spanning the period from the mid seventeenth to early twentieth centuries. In this early literature two pictures of Ojibwa women are presented: (1) as drudges and slaves to men, and (2) as occupying dynamic roles in the political, economic, and social life of their communities. This study analyzes these early concepts and attempts to arrive at some semblance of truth through an understanding of the major trends in western thought about women and a thorough acquaintance with the history and culture of the Ojibwa people (p. 236).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- Gender roles and issues
- 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
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1998
- 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
- 'traditional' to ca. 1850
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Central Ojibwa; Minnesota and the upper Great Lakes, United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Priscilla K. Buffalohead
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85652033
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians