essay
Early nineteenth-century Cherokee political organization
Cherokee Indian nation :a troubled history • Knoxville • Published In 1979 • Pages: 92-109
By: Persico, V. Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes Cherokee political organization as it existed in the early nineteenh century. This organization consisted of traditional elements and newer forms adopted in response to European contact.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Community structure
- Community councils
- Form and rules of government
- Deliberative councils
- External relations
- Judicial authority
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- Delores Walters ; 1988: John Beierle ; 2006
- 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
- 1760-1838
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern states and Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- V. Richard Persico, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78013222
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians