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Cultural persistence among the modern Iroquois
Anthropos • 53 • Published In 1958 • Pages: 473-483
By: Freilich, Morris.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article shows that cultural ideals of traditional Iroquois society have been preserved despite a long process of acculturation. Freilich demonstrates this phenomenon by describing how in his choice of a relatively dangerous occupation, structural steel work, the modern Mohawk male is able to achieve prestige that is no longer available to him through warfare. The paper is divided into three parts; the first presents a culture summary of the Mohawk during the early historical period, the second part discusses environmental changes that took place after the arrival of European settlers, and the third part discusses the Mohawk of the 1950s.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- article
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- variable
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mohawk ; United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris Freilich
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians