Book
The Chippewa and their neighbors: a study in ethnohistory
Waveland Press • Prospect Heights, Ill. • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Hickerson, Harold.
Abstract
This work illustrates the use of ethnohistoric methods to describe cultural organization and to analyze factors of culture change among the Chippewa at various periods in their history (p.1). Using a variety of early documents relating specifically to the experiences of European missionaries, traders, travelers, or officials having direct contact with the Chippewa, Hickerson tries to piece together a picture of what the organization of the people was like relying in large part on the implicit nature of the material gleaned from the scattered sources rather than any explicit details contained therein. This study discusses the methodological approach to the study of ethnohistory and how it may be employed in reconstructing past cultures, clan organization, the Midewiwin ceremony of the medicine societies, and Chippewa-Dakota Sioux relations. A critical review of this book, written by Jennifer S.H. Brown and Laura L. Peers, will be found on pp. 135-146.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1998
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 'traditional' to ca. 1850
- Coverage Place
- Central Ojibwa: Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Great Lakes region, United States, Canada
- Notes
- Harold Hickerson ; foreword by Charles A. Bishop ; review essay and bibliographical supplement by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Laura L. Peers
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 88191968
- LCSH
- Ojibwa Indians