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Conservatism among the Iroquois at the Six Nations Reserve

Department of Anthropology, Yale University (65)Published In 1961 • Pages: 302

By: Shimony, Annemarie.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is concerned with how Iroquois culture is maintained at the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, despite intense acculturative pressure. Iroquois conservatism is the central theme of this study, and Shimony focuses on the traditional Longhouse community and presents a comprehensive description of the structure of the society and the content of the culture, with particular emphasis on social and political organization, medicine, and curing rites.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Moieties
Deliberative councils
Magical and mental therapy
Shamans and psychotherapists
Congregations
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
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
John Beierle ; 1994
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1953-1958, 1960 (p. 3)
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1953-1960
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Six Nations Reserve, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Annemarie Shimony
Originally published as the author's Ph.D. thesis, Yale University, 1958
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-302)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
61016891
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iroquois Indians