Book
Big Cypress: a changing Seminole community
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: x, 132
By: Garbarino, Merwyn S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a general ethnography of the Florida Seminole community of Big Cypress, with a special focus on culture change and decision-making. The author gives particular attention to the introduction of cattle raising at Big Cypress and developments in the political structure of the Florida Seminole Tribe. Other topics covered in the source include environment, subsistence pattern, social and political organization, health, education, religion, and contact with and integration into Euro-American society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Observation in research
- Retail marketing
- Labor and leisure
- Labor supply and employment
- Public welfare
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Hospitals and clinics
- Education system
- Informal in-group justice
- Judicial authority
- Corporate organization
- Cooperative organization
- Pastoral activities
- Social relationships and groups
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Seminole
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930s - ca. 1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Big Cypress Reservation, southern Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Merwyn S. Garbarino
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72174774
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians