Book
The Crow Indians
Farrar and Rinehart • New York • Published In 1935 • Pages:
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This standard ethnological study of the Crow is based on the author's fieldwork over a twenty-five year period. Socio-military clubs and the more important ceremonial rites are described in detail. Abstracts are provided for myths and folktales. The distinctive Crow world-view is illustrated from life and folklore throughout the source.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Sodalities
- Military organization
- Organized ceremonial
- Mythology
- Cosmology
- Revelation and divination
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Ethnopsychology
- Verbal arts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Special garments
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Eschatology
- Dance
- Special crops
- Ethos
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Crow
- 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
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1907-1916, 1931
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1825-1931
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Great Plains, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert H. Lowie
- 335-341 p.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 35009409
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Crow Indians
- Indians of North America--Social life and customs