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Origins of the longhouse religion
Handbook of North American Indians. Northeast • 15 • Published In 1978 • Pages: 442-448 [dc]
By: Wallace, Anthony F. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the origins of the Longhouse Religion, developed on the basis of revelations by the Iroquois prophet Handsome Lake in 1799. Wallace discusses some of the contributing factors that led to the acceptance of this new religion, such as the break-down of the equilibrium of the cultural system as the result of a series of military, political, and economic disasters that befell the Iroquois during the period of 1763-1797, and the subsequent loss of native lands combined with the establishment of reservations from 1797-1799. The document concludes with an analysis of the religion of Handsome Lake, and a brief biographical sketch of the prophet's life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Tribe and nation
- External relations
- Public welfare
- General character of religion
- Prophets and ascetics
- 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
- essay
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1994
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anthony F. C. Wallace
- GPO Stock no.: 047-000-00351-2
- Bibliography included as document no. 54
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians