essay

Oneida

Handbook of North American Indians. Northeast15Published In 1978 • Pages: 481-490 [dc]

By: Campisi, Jack.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Campisi describes in this article the culture history of the Oneida from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century (ca. 1970s). The author discusses the fur trade network, warfare, missionary influences, the Oneida's participation in the American Revolution and its aftereffects on the society, relations with the English and American governments, and the establishment of reservations. Various ethnographic comparisons are made to the Oneida living in New York and Wisconsin in the United States, and in Ontario, Canada.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Settlement patterns
Acquisition and relinquishment of property
External relations
Warfare
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
5: Excellent Primary 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)
Oneida
NotesAdditional notes
Jack Campisi
GPO Stock no.: 047-000-00351-2
Bibliography included as document no. 54
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Oneida/Iroquois Indians