Book
Diabetes mellitus and Oklahoma Native Americans: a case study of culture change in Oklahoma Cherokee
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1987 • Pages:
By: Wiedman, Dennis William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author's stated goal is to indentify the factors which may underlie the high rate of diabetes mellitus among the Oklahoma Cherokees. To this end, the author adopts a cultural ecological perspective, of which he provides a theoretical discussion. The disease, its causes, and etiology are extensively treated.The study centers around the Lee's Creek area of Oklahoma. Included is a history of the Cherokee from the earliest contacts to the present (1975). The historical outline is presented from the perspective of the Lee's Creek area, and not of the Cherokee per se. The author thus weaves together the history and interaction of Lee's Creek, the Cherokee, other Native American groups, and Euro-Americans. Particular attention is paid to land use patterns, change in subsistence patterns, and the integration of Lee's creek and its people into the U.S. economy. The source ends with a discussion of the relationship between cultural change and increasing rates of diabetes. Bio-cultural reasons are offered to explain the disease's prevalence. The piece concludes with recommendations for lowering the incidence of diabetes among the Oklahoma Cherokees.This document is thorough in its treatment of Lee's Creek history, and faithful to the ecological perspective. A good deal of information irrelevant from the perspective of of the Cherokee file is, however, included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Mortality
- History
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- Christopher Latham ; John Beierle ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lee's Creek drainage area in eastern Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dennis William Wiedman
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1979
- UM7918742
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians