Book
Iroquois suicide: a study in the stability of a culture pattern
Smithsonian Institution • (14) • Published In 1941 • Pages: 80-137 , plates
By: Fenton, William N. (William Nelson).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper discusses the frequency, causes, and methods of suicide that Fenton observed among the Tonawanda Seneca in 1935. The author goes on to explore the cultural pattern of the behavior through descriptions in historical documents
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Suicide
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Seneca ; Tonawanda Reservation, New York State, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by William N. Fenton
- Bibliography: p. 136-137
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians