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Some notes on the Arapaho sun dance

Ethnos17Published In 1952 • Pages: 24-38

By: Hultkrantz, Åke.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This resource discusses the Arapaho Sun Dance and how it has changed over time and space. However, the author had difficulty obtaining information from Northern Arapaho and thus his main informant was Southern Arapaho. (Reluctance to discuss the Sun Dance with outsiders/the author was marked as 784.)
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Cultural participation
Religious and educational structures
Sodalities
Avoidance and taboo
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Arapaho
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Plains and Plateau
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
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.
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 ; 1976-1977
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1948
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1902-1948
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cheyenne-Arapaho Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area, Oklahoma, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Åke Hultkrantz
Reluctance to discuss the Sun Dance was marked for 784.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 38)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
45053696
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Arapaho Indians