Book
An ethnohistoric and ethnographic analysis of the Iroquois from the aboriginal era to the present suburban era
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1994 • Pages:
By: Foley, Denis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
According to Foley, much of the information that exists on the Iroquois is based on the early writings of the Jesuit Fathers and colonial chroniclers, and further supplemented by the ethnographies of Morgan, Beauchamp, Parker, Hewitt, Goldenweiser, Fenton, Speck, Shimony, Myers, and Weaver. Prominent social theorists such as Marx and Engles utilized portions of Morgan's research on the Iroquois to develop theories on the origin of the state and class structure. This dissertation '…attempts to synthesize and place the various primary sources and secondary works in historical perspective in order to delineate specific factors affecting the processes of change' (p. i) from the aboriginal precontact period to the mid-1970s.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Form and rules of government
- Deliberative councils
- Public welfare
- General character of religion
- Theological systems
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1994
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date (10 months (p. 10))
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Pre-contact-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Denis Foley
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- State University of New York at Albany, 1975
- UM: 76-1904
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-362)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians