Book
The Sun dance of the Crow Indians
The Trustees American Museum of Natural History • 16 • Published In 1921 • Pages: 1-50
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Crow Sun Dance is distinct from the general Plains pattern in both purpose and in practice. It is essentially a prayer or quest for revenge initiated by a single individual, culminating in the involvement of the entire tribe. The author considers it the grandest and most impressive of Crow ceremonies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Revelation and divination
- Sacred objects and places
- Asceticism
- Visiting and hospitality
- Instigation of war
- Mourning
- Music
- Status, role, and prestige
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sexuality
- Homosexuality
- Military organization
- 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
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1830-1915
- 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
- Coverpage on file appears to be from 1921 reprinting.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028722
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sun dance
- Crow Indians