Book
Florida Seminole religious ritual: resistance and change
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Buswell, James Oliver, III.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a description and analysis of both the Green Corn Dance and Christianity among the Florida Seminole. The relation of the Florida Seminoles to other Southeastern groups is clearly laid out. A lengthy and detailed description of the Green Corn Dance is presented, based on observations of the busk held by the Brighton community in the summer of 1970. The history of Christianity and missions among the Seminoles of Florida is then outlined. The author analyzes the place of both Christianity and the traditional busk in Seminole society, with particular attention to patterns of conflict between these two ritual and belief systems. This piece contains a tremendous amount of detailed data. Relevant anthropological theory is also discussed, especially concerning acculturation. Information on all of the Florida Seminoles, both those on and off reservations, Christian and non-Christian, is included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Organized ceremonial
- Missions
- Religious denominations
- Priesthood
- Cultural participation
- Congregations
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Public welfare
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- 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
- Christopher Latham ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- nineteenth century - 1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- James Oliver Buswell, III
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- St. Louis University, 1972
- UM72-23,910
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 524-539)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians