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Factional alignment among the Minnesota Ojibwe, 1850-1880
American Indian culture and research journal • 9 (4) • Published In 1985 • Pages: 23-47
By: Kugel, Rebecca.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the factional alignments within the several Ojibwa communities of the Mississippi River region in central Minnesota during the period of 1850-1880. The opposing groups in this work are the 'traditionalists', represented by the civil leaders or chiefs, and the 'progressives' represented by the young men or warriors. These two groups pressed for some social changes in the society and opposed others. 'The warriors remained committed to the traditional hunting-trapping economy but challenged the political system. The civil leaders resisted the political changes the warriors sought, and tried to implement economic innovation that the warriors opposed' (p. 41). The struggle between the two groups to preserve Ojibwa autonomy in the face of the growing presence of the United States is the primary focus of this study.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Community structure
- Community heads
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Military organization
- Instigation of war
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- 1850-1880
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Central Ojibwa: Mississippi River region, central Minnesota, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rebecca Kugel
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78643481
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians