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Observations on social change among the eastern Cherokees
Cherokee Indian nation :a troubled history • Knoxville • Published In 1979 • Pages: 202-222
By: Witthoft, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of some of the major social changes that have taken place on the Qualla Boundary reservation in North Carolina following the post-removal period of 1838-1839. These changes are '…characterized by the following features: a blending of old and new, native and European methods and beliefs selected mainly for their utility and value, and integrated into a new culture complex; effective subsistence agriculture with abundant stored surpluses; barter economy; full practice of hunting, fishing, and gathering; local and minimal self-government; little need for bilingual skills; local medicine and herbalism at least as effective as the official medicine of that date' (p. 202).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Economic planning and development
- Alcoholic beverages
- Housing
- Ethnic stratification
- Public welfare
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Historian
- 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
- 1830-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- North Carolina, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Witthoft
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78013222
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians