book chapter
A Seminole medicine maker
In the company of man : twenty portraits by anthropologists • New York • Published In 1960 • Pages: 505-532
By: Sturtevant, William C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents a detailed biographical sketch of William Sturtevant's principal informant, Josie Billie, during the author's fieldwork among the Seminoles of southern Florida from 1950-1952. The text describes Billie's life history, his relationship with the author, and his role in Seminole society as a shaman/curer and pastor in the Christian church.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Informants
- Observation in research
- Interviewing in research
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- 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 chapter
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late nineteenth century - 1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp areas, southern Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Sturtevant
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60005731
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians