Book
Kinship system of the Seminole
Field Museum of Natural History • 33 (2) • Published In 1942 • Pages: 31-113
By: Spoehr, Alexander.
Abstract
This paper, based on five months of field work during the autumn of 1938 and the summer of 1939, is an attempt to reconstruct Oklahoma Seminole kinship as it existed during the days of the Seminole Nation before the allotment of Indian lands (1903), and to show to what extent changes have taken place under new social and environmental conditions (including Indian-White contacts). Chapter II of this work, which makes up the major portion of this source, presents historical background information on the character of the white contact agents which affected the Oklahoma Seminole, in addition to detailed data on the kinship system itself (e. g., terminology, behavior,and relations to social customs). Chapter III compares the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole in terms of social change, particularly in reference to the kinship system, while Chapter IV describes the contemporary Oklahoma Seminole.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1989
- Field Date
- 1938-1939
- Coverage Date
- nineteenth century -1903
- Coverage Place
- Oklahoma, United States
- Notes
- by Alexander Spoehr
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112)
- LCCN
- 42018453
- LCSH
- Seminole Indians