Book
The medicine bundles of the Florida Seminole and the Green Corn Dance
U. S. Government Printing Office • (35) • Published In 1953 • Pages: 155-210 , plates
By: Capron, Louis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
As the title suggests this source presents a detailed description of the Seminole medicine bundles, their relationship to the Green Corn Dance, and an analysis of the various ritual components of this dance. Additional data in this paper relate to general concepts of religion, the medicine man and his assistants, musical instruments (i. e., rattles), scratching the skin and drinking an infusion (the Black Drinks) as a form of purification, attitudes toward crime and punishment, and various secular dances associated with the Green Corn Dance.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gratification and control of hunger
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- External trade
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- General character of religion
- Organized ceremonial
- Dance
- Informal in-group justice
- Music
- 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.
- Traveler
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1940-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1835-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- mainly Cow Creek Seminole; southern Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Louis Capron
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians