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The Seminole Indians of Florida
U.S. Bureau of American ethnology. Fifth annual report, 1883-84 • Washington • Published In 1887 • Pages: 469-531
By: MacCauley, Clay.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a brief survey of the ethnology of the Florida Seminole, written by the author during the winter of 1880-1881. Although the material represents a wide range of topics, coverage of each is somewhat superficial, and frequently tinged with the author's negative evaluation of certain aspects of Seminole culture. Initially MacCauley gathered most of his data from one informant who spoke some limited English, but later as he acquired knowledge of the Seminole language himself, was able to carry on limited conversation with other Indians to verify and increase the information already on hand (p.476).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Normal garb
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Personality traits
- Domesticated animals
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Furniture
- Sleeping
- Weapons
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- General tools
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 1880-1881
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1881
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Clay MacCauley
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-531)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16005497
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians