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The social organization of the Fox Indians
Social anthropology of North American tribes • Chicago • Published In 1955 • Pages: 243-282
By: Tax, Sol.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Tax describes the kinship system of the Fox Indians at the time of his fieldwork was in 1932 and 1934. He describes his methodology and concludes that 'clans', or "gentes", in the way they are customarily defined, do not actually exist among the Fox. According to Tax, the Fox "gentes" are nothing more than ceremonial cult groups surrounding the sacred packs. The most important kinship group among the Fox is the bilateral kindred. For a review, see Michelson (1938).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Kindreds and ramages
- Moieties
- Clans
- Sodalities
- Adoption
- Political parties
- Arranging a marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Political parties
- Childbirth
- Puberty and initiation
- Congregations
- 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 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1976-1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1932, 1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1932, 1934
- 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
- Sol Tax
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55005123
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians