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Northern Ojibwa ecological adaptation and social organization

Contributions to anthropology : selected papers of A. Irving HallowellChicagoPublished In 1976 • Pages: 333-350

By: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, written about the Berens River Ojibwa, summarizes some of the more salient features of their ethnography relevant to their ecological adaptation, winter hunting and summer fishing groups, kinship, and social organization. Much of the material, generally in expanded form, will be found in Hallowell's monograph entitled 'The Ojibwa of Berens River, Manitoba: Ethnography Into History' (Hallowell, 1992, no. 58).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Hunting and trapping
Settlement patterns
Kinship terminology
Kin relationships
Grandparents and grandchildren
Avuncular and nepotic relatives
Clans
Community structure
Sexuality
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
essay
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.
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
1930-1940
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930-1940
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Northern Ojibwa: Berens River area, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
[A. Irving Hallowell]
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
75020890
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ojibwa Indians