essay
What happened to Green Bear who was blessed with a sacred pack
Anthropological papers • (4) • Published In 1938 • Pages: 161-176
By: Michelson, Truman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is an account of an origin myth for a clan festival. The festival centers around a sacred pack given to Green Bear by Manitou. The account was originally written in the syllabic script by an informant. The translation by Michelson adheres closely to the Indian original.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Texts translated into english
- Sacred objects and places
- Spirits and gods
- Clans
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fox
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- Linguist
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1911-1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1911-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tama County, Iowa, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Truman Michelson
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians