Book
League of the Ho-De'-No-Sau-Nee or Iroquois. Vol. I.
Dodd, Mead and Company • New York • Published In 1901 • Pages:
By: Morgan, Lewis Henry, Lloyd, Herbert M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Morgan's extended personal contact with the Iroquois enabled him to produce this work that many regard the first true ethnography. Book I, entitled 'Structure of the League,' discusses Iroquois life prior to and during the American Revolution, the formation of the League, the structure of government, and a comparison of this government with the nations of antiquity. In Book II, 'Spirit of the League,' Morgan describes the religious beliefs, burial customs, games, dances, marriage, war customs, etc., of the tribes comprising the League. The prophet, Handsome Lake, and his successor, Sose-há-wä, are discussed. Volume II is included in this file as document no. 2.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Territorial hierarchy
- Government institutions
- General character of religion
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iroquois
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Alice McCloskey ; 1954-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1844-50
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York State, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Lewis Henry Morgan ; edited and annotated by Herbert M. Lloyd
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians