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An original study of Mesquakie (Fox) life
Annals of Iowa, third series • 19 (5) • Published In 1935 • Pages: 115-125, 221-234, 352-362
By: Harlan, Edgar Rubey, Gilmore, Melvin R. (Melvin Randolph), Young Bear, George, Poweshiek, Jim.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief, not particularly informative, transcription of three question and answer sessions run by Harlan in 1928 in order to improve the knowledge and teaching of Indian history in Iowa schools. Through an interpreter, the informants, chosen partly because of their advanced age, were asked about their memories of life in the past. Food preparation, clothing, clothing manufacture, songs, flute making, ethics, and child training are the topics that receive the most attention, but the coverage is superficial and limited in scope. Frequently it is unclear as to what exactly is under discussion, and at times the informants and interviewers do not understand each other. This coupled with the fact that the information is mainly based on the memories of only two informants means that the researcher should try to cross-check the information in other sources.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fox
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Ethnographer
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Eleanor Swanson ; John Beierle ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edgar R. Harlan, Melvin Randolph Gilmore, George Young Bear, and Jim Poweshiek
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 05032209
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians