Book
The Chippewa and their neighbors: a study in ethnohistory
Waveland Press • Prospect Heights, Ill. • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Hickerson, Harold.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Fauna
- Land use
- External trade
- Clans
- External relations
- Warfare
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Organized ceremonial
- 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.
- 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; 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: Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Great Lakes region, United States, Canada
- NotesAdditional 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
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88191968
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians