Book

Law and government of the Grand River Iroquois

Viking Fund, Inc. (12)Published In 1949 • Pages: 186

By: Noon, John A..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
During the reservation period of Iroquois history, the Council of the Confederacy was the only agency with powers broad enough to encompass all the tribes and overcome inter-tribal antagonisms. This study is an analysis of the manner in which law and government developed by precedent on the basis of cases presented to the Council for adjudication. In addition to the specific case material, there is scattered information on other aspects of Iroquois society as well as historical data on culture change.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Law
Offenses and sanctions
Justice
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
Ben Zimmerman ; 1954
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1941
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)
Six Nations Reserve, Grand River, Ontario, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
John A. Noon
Information on specific cases were not indexed.
Omitted from the files: pp. 1-3 which contain no textual material
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iroquois Indians