book chapter
The Iroquois Eagle Dance an offshoot of the Calument Dance
Smithsonian Institution • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1953 • Pages: vi, 324 , plates
By: Fenton, William N. (William Nelson).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a reworking of Fenton's doctoral dissertation at Yale. This work describes and analyzes the variations of the Eagle Dance at different Iroquois communities. These data are marshalled in such a way as to show their bearing on the ethnological problem of individual variation in behavior. Sections of the monograph discuss the Seneca Eagle Dance at Allegany and Tonawanda Reservations, the Onondaga Condor Dance, and the Eagle Dance and Six Nations Reserve, Grand River, Ontario. The Iroquois Eagle Dance is then discussed as a cultural phenomenon, including data on origin legends, scrifices, dream experiences, ritual equipment, organization, and pattern. The monograph concludes with a long section on the documentary history of the Eagle Dance including a survey of the literature and a distribution and comparative study.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- 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 chapter
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933-1950
- 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)
- various locations, United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- William N. Fenton
- Pages 223-306, containing an analysis of the Eagle Dance and songs by Gertrude Kurath are not included
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians