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Arapaho

Handbook of North American Indians. Plains13 (2)Published In 2001 • Pages: 840-862

By: Fowler, Loretta.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the entry to the [i]Handbook of American Indians[/i] that provides a standard overview of Arapaho culture, covering general topics such as language, religion, sociopolitical organization, subsistence, technology, life cycle events, population, and history.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
History
Tribe and nation
Community councils
Public welfare
Sacred objects and places
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
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2022
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1967-1977
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1795-1995
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cheyenne-Arapaho Statistical Area, Oklahoma, USA; Wind River Reservation; Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, USA
NotesAdditional notes
Loretta Fowler
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Arapaho Indians